# Amputations at Airborne Maintenance & Engineering Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022108880` · 10/9/2022 · MIAMI, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Shearing machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Airborne Maintenance & Engineering Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 5600 NW 36 Street, MIAMI, FLORIDA, 33122
- **NAICS:** 488190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a bench shear to cut a piece of sheet metal. When the machine actuated, the sheet metal moved, and the employee sustained amputations to the left ring and middle fingertips.

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