# Amputations at Microflex, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017043867` · 4/28/2017 · ORMOND BEACH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Microflex, Inc.
- **Location:** 1800 N. US Hwy 1, ORMOND BEACH, FLORIDA, 32174
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to unjam the pins in a braid carrier machine when his right index finger was caught and amputated in the machine.

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