# Amputations at NESTLE WATERS NORTH AMERICA INC.
> OSHA SIR `2020087677` · 8/13/2020 · ZEPHYRHILLS, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** NESTLE WATERS NORTH AMERICA INC.
- **Location:** 4330 20th St, ZEPHYRHILLS, FLORIDA, 33542
- **NAICS:** 312112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 13, 2020, an employee was removing a filter screen from a washer machine. While the employee's right ring finger was between the screen and the filter housing, the edge of the filter screen struck it and amputated the fingertip.

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