# Amputations at FLORIDA METAL SERVICES, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2016043284` · 4/19/2016 · LARGO, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Brake presses
## Employer
- **Name:** FLORIDA METAL SERVICES, INC.
- **Location:** 6951 108TH AVE., N., LARGO, FLORIDA, 33777
- **NAICS:** 332116
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing a part into a brake press machine to form it when the machine activated before he removed his finger. The top die pinched off the end of his left index finger.

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