# Amputations at BRASTILE, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2021021782` · 2/26/2021 · MIAMI, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Tiles, shingles, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** BRASTILE, INC.
- **Location:** 110 NE 179TH STREET, MIAMI, FLORIDA, 33162
- **NAICS:** 423320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving tiles out of a crate. The tiles shifted and crushed his fingers, causing an amputation to the top of the ring finger and a laceration on the right middle finger.

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