# Amputations at Millennium Metals, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018077748` · 7/30/2018 · JACKSONVILLE, 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 regular operation
- **Source:** Brake presses
## Employer
- **Name:** Millennium Metals, Inc.
- **Location:** 10200 Eastport Rd., JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, 32218
- **NAICS:** 332322
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing at a press brake machine, getting ready to bend a metal piece. The machine was activated while his right index finger was on the feeder; the eave drip die came down, resulting in the amputation of his right index finger below the knuckle.

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