# Amputations at M. AYALA TILE, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2021021260` · 2/11/2021 · LAKELAND, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Hand grinders-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** M. AYALA TILE, INC.
- **Location:** 501 Hartsell Ave, LAKELAND, FLORIDA, 33815
- **NAICS:** 238340
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was prepping the floor using an angle grinder to cut a door jam. The grinder kicked back and struck his left hand causing an amputation to the ring finger and a laceration on the index and ring fingers.

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