# Amputations at United States Foundry & Manufacturing Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2020066095` · 6/30/2020 · MEDLEY, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Foundry & Manufacturing Corporation
- **Location:** 8351 NW 93rd Street, MEDLEY, FLORIDA, 33166
- **NAICS:** 331511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a square pipe to dislodge material that was jammed in the outlet gate of a machine's oil filter. The square pipe pinched his left thumb, resulting in a thumb tip amputation.

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