# Amputations at Elro Manufacturing LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023087827` · 8/24/2023 · APOPKA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Shearing machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Elro Manufacturing LLC
- **Location:** 90 South Bradshaw Road, APOPKA, FLORIDA, 32703
- **NAICS:** 339950
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a shear machine to cut metal. He was making the last cut on a piece of metal, when he went to make an adjustment and stepped on the pedal. The cylinder came down and amputated his little fingertip. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery. A guard was in place at the time.

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