# Amputations involving bone loss at Douglas Machines Corp.
> OSHA SIR `20241211298` · 12/7/2024 · CLEARWATER, 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:** Shearing machinery
- **Secondary source:** Machine guards
## Employer
- **Name:** Douglas Machines Corp.
- **Location:** 4500 110th Ave. N, CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, 33762
- **NAICS:** 333319
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was feeding stainless steel into a shear when the shear amputated four of their fingers. The machine was not guarded.

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