# Amputations at Francis Engineering Inc
> OSHA SIR `2021098301` · 9/26/2021 · FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Bending, rolling, shaping machinery, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Francis Engineering Inc
- **Location:** 1232 Southwest 31st Avenue, FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA, 33312
- **NAICS:** 922160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting and grooving a steel pipe. The cutting machine caught the employee's glove, amputated the tip of the employee's index finger, and lacerated the middle finger.

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