# Amputations at Morningstar Harvesting
> OSHA SIR `2021119588` · 11/5/2021 · 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 or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Other machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Morningstar Harvesting
- **Location:** 310 US HWY 27, SOUTH BAY, FLORIDA, 33493
- **NAICS:** 115113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was dumping trash from a large mechanical dumpster when his right hand was caught between moving parts, causing his index and ring fingers to be crushed. The employee's ring finger was amputated.

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