# Amputations at Universal Forming, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20221211257` · 12/29/2022 · OCALA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched between two stationary objects
- **Source:** Construction debris
- **Secondary source:** Scaffolds-staging supported by structure or other means
## Employer
- **Name:** Universal Forming, Inc.
- **Location:** 2100 NW 35th Ave Road, OCALA, FLORIDA, 34470
- **NAICS:** 238110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a shoring scaffold with another employee to strip plywood from cement. The employees threw a 4x4 piece of forming down and it got stuck on the beam of the scaffold. The injured employee went to grab the forming when their left ring fingertip was pinched between it and the beam, resulting in a partial amputation.

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