# Amputations at TREVIICOS SOUTH Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2021021496` · 2/18/2021 · SOUTH BAY, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Agitators, mixers-earth, mineral
## Employer
- **Name:** TREVIICOS SOUTH Corporation
- **Location:** 43591 North US Highway 27, SOUTH BAY, FLORIDA, 33493
- **NAICS:** 237990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing a keystone valve on the bentonite mixer. While he was testing the mixer's operational status, his left pinky finger was caught in the valve, resulting in a partial amputation.

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