# Amputations at Sauer Mechanical, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `2021010581` · 1/21/2021 · MERRITT ISLAND, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Sauer Mechanical, LLC.
- **Location:** 4805 N. Courtney Pkwy, MERRITT ISLAND, FLORIDA, 32953
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On January 21, 2021, an apprentice pipe fitter was making sure that the facing machine's blades were set properly when a clamp on the machine loosened, pinching the employee's right thumb and resulting in an amputation to the tip of his thumb without bone loss.

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