# Amputations at National Recreation Systems
> OSHA SIR `2023109110` · 10/3/2023 · LAKELAND, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Boring, routing, notching machines
## Employer
- **Name:** National Recreation Systems
- **Location:** 4035 S Pipkin Rd., LAKELAND, FLORIDA, 33811
- **NAICS:** 333318
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was coping a 1-inch section of aluminum when their hand slipped and their right middle finger struck the coping mechanism of the coping machine. The fingertip was partially amputated above the last joint.

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