# Amputations at TSE Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023021466` · 2/15/2023 · CLEARWATER, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Milling machines
## Employer
- **Name:** TSE Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 5260 113th Ave N, CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, 33760
- **NAICS:** 326299
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a milling machine used to shape and cut polyurethane material. The employee went to clear excess material under the milling machine when his hand was caught between the two fixed blades, resulting in a right index finger amputation.

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