# Amputations at Dean Steel Buildings, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181112023` · 11/23/2018 · FORT MYERS, 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:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Dean Steel Buildings, Inc.
- **Location:** 2929 Industrial  Ave., FORT MYERS, FLORIDA, 33901
- **NAICS:** 332311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee at Dean Steel Buildings, Inc., was operating a flashing machine to bend siding when the machine was activated via the foot pedal and pinched his right hand with the material he was bending. This resulted in a fourth finger amputation and a partial right middle fingertip amputation.

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