# Amputations at Heartland Metals, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021043255` · 4/19/2021 · LAKE PLACID, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Shearing machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Heartland Metals, Inc.
- **Location:** 127 Rainer Dr., LAKE PLACID, FLORIDA, 33852
- **NAICS:** 332311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a shear. The employee's right index finger was caught in the shear as the employee adjusted metal, causing the amputation of 1 1/2 inches of the fingertip.

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