# Amputations at Bethel Farms, LLLP
> OSHA SIR `2022054202` · 5/13/2022 · ARCADIA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Spraying and dusting machinery-agricultural
## Employer
- **Name:** Bethel Farms, LLLP
- **Location:** 3400 SE County Rd 760a, ARCADIA, FLORIDA, 34266
- **NAICS:** 111421
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to rotate the drive shaft of a lateral sprayer with a crescent wrench. When the shaft rotated, the tip of the employee's left thumb was pinched between the wrench and the lateral cross-bracing, resulting in a fingertip amputation. The employee was hospitalized.

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