# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Artistic Paver Mfg.
> OSHA SIR `2024021884` · 2/29/2024 · NORTH MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
- **Source:** Hoppers  except confined space
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Artistic Paver Mfg.
- **Location:** 120 Northeast 179th Street, NORTH MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, 33162
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was dumping trash from a hopper. The latch became stuck, and the employee attempted to free the latch with his left hand. When the hopper released, it clamped back on his hand, resulting in amputation of the left middle fingertip.

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