# Amputations at Pierce Manufacturing, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023109575` · 10/17/2023 · BRADENTON, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
- **Secondary source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Pierce Manufacturing, Inc.
- **Location:** 1512 38th Ave E, BRADENTON, FLORIDA, 34208
- **NAICS:** 336120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing transport wheels to move a pump housing when their left ring finger got caught between the pump housing and a transfer wheel, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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