# Amputations involving bone loss at ALPS South LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024031963` · 3/4/2024 · SAINT PETERSBURG, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** ALPS South LLC
- **Location:** 2895 42nd Ave N., SAINT PETERSBURG, FLORIDA, 33714
- **NAICS:** 339112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a machine when her right hand was caught in the carriage unit that went back and forth across the machine. The last joint of her index finger was amputated, and her thumb and middle finger were crushed.

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