# Amputations at Advanced Aluminum of Polk County, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023010720` · 1/23/2023 · LAKELAND, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Advanced Aluminum of Polk County, Inc.
- **Location:** 2941 Parkway Street, LAKELAND, FLORIDA, 33811
- **NAICS:** 332311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was measuring a piece of pipe on a metal cutting machine. The machine amputated the employee's left ring finger at the first knuckle.

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