# Amputations at Unique Tool & Die, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `2023065462` · 6/20/2023 · FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Dies, molds, patterns
## Employer
- **Name:** Unique Tool & Die, LLC.
- **Location:** 3343 S. US Hwy 1, Bldg 2, FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA, 34982
- **NAICS:** 333515
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was setting up a die when the die started to fall. As the employee went to catch it, the die landed on and crushed the employee's right index finger between the die and the machine. Their right index finger was amputated slightly above the second knuckle.

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