# Amputations at ECS Florida, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022098256` · 9/19/2022 · ELKTON, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Drilling machines, drilling augers
## Employer
- **Name:** ECS Florida, LLC
- **Location:** 5300 SR 207, ELKTON, FLORIDA, 32033
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On September 19, 2022, an employee was helping a co-worker drill bore holes with an auger. As the auger was raised, his left index finger was caught by a moving part on the auger, resulting in a fingertip amputation without bone loss.

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