# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at SCHWARZ PARTNERS PACKAGING, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024010735` · 1/24/2024 · LAKELAND, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Sanding machinery
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** SCHWARZ PARTNERS PACKAGING, LLC
- **Location:** 2808 New Tampa Hwy, LAKELAND, FLORIDA, 33815
- **NAICS:** 322211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sanding steel/metal product on a spinning vertical sander. The steel/metal product was pulled inside the belt opening, along with the employee's left thumb, resulting in amputation of the thumb tip.

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