# Amputations at Florida Southern Meat Sales
> OSHA SIR `2020054997` · 5/29/2020 · CENTER HILL, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** Florida Southern Meat Sales
- **Location:** 571 West Kings Highway, CENTER HILL, FLORIDA, 33514
- **NAICS:** 311613
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading meat product onto a conveyor belt when a piece of meat got stuck. As the employee was dislodging the meat, his finger was caught between the catch plate and the moving conveyor belt. He sustained a fingertip amputation.

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