# Amputations at Universal Orlando Resort
> OSHA SIR `2023021634` · 2/20/2023 · ORLANDO, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
- **Secondary source:** Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
## Employer
- **Name:** Universal Orlando Resort
- **Location:** 1000 Universal Studios Plaza, ORLANDO, FLORIDA, 32819
- **NAICS:** 713110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was prepping the stage and separating magnets using a wooden board when another magnet was attracted by the polarity and the employee's fingers became caught. They sustained an amputation to the left middle and ring fingers.

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