# Amputations at TK Elevator
> OSHA SIR `2022076115` · 7/13/2022 · TAMPA, 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:** Elevators, hoists, aerial lifts, personnel platforms-except truck-mounted, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** TK Elevator
- **Location:** 4710 Eisenhower Blvd Suite B5, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33634
- **NAICS:** 238290
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing a rope replacement job on an elevator when their left little finger got caught in the jaws of the rope gripper. The fingertip was amputated approximately at the middle of the fingernail.

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