# Amputations at Town & Country Industries
> OSHA SIR `2020010765` · 1/23/2020 · TAMPA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Beams-unattached metal
- **Secondary source:** Beams-unattached metal
## Employer
- **Name:** Town & Country Industries
- **Location:** 9808 E Broadway Ave., TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33619
- **NAICS:** 423330
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving scrap aluminum beams into a stack in a warehouse. His right middle finger got stuck between the beams and sustained an amputation.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*