# Amputations at BCH Mechanical, L.L.C.
> OSHA SIR `2020099210` · 9/28/2020 · LARGO, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Bending, rolling, shaping machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** BCH Mechanical, L.L.C.
- **Location:** 6354 118th Avenue N, LARGO, FLORIDA, 33773
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was feeding sheet metal into the transverse duct connector machine when his hand was pinched between the first set of rollers resulting in medical amputation of his left index fingertip.

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