# Amputations at ROUNTREE TRANSPORT & RIGGING, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2021098148` · 9/21/2021 · SARASOTA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Cranes, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** ROUNTREE TRANSPORT & RIGGING, INC.
- **Location:** 2300 Hammock Place, SARASOTA, FLORIDA, 34235
- **NAICS:** 484121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing a crane cable into a crane block. The employee's left glove was caught and the employee's middle finger was caught under the cable resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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