# Amputations at Everlast Climbing
> OSHA SIR `2022065750` · 6/30/2022 · LAKELAND, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Everlast Climbing
- **Location:** 4070 South Pipkin, LAKELAND, FLORIDA, 33811
- **NAICS:** 339920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a piece of tubing with a chop saw. The saw caught on the material, causing the employee's left hand to jerk forward into the blade, which amputated the employee's thumb.

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