# Amputations at BENADA ALUMINUM PRODUCTS, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015074820` · 7/19/2015 · SANFORD, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Presses, except printing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** BENADA ALUMINUM PRODUCTS, LLC
- **Location:** 2540 JEWETT LANE, SANFORD, FLORIDA, 32771
- **NAICS:** 331316
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on a press. The employee was watching the motor and the belt of the press. He reached his left hand in to touch the belt and the belt engaged. His left middle finger was amputated by the belt and pulley.

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