# Amputations at Drexel Metals Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019076759` · 7/5/2019 · PORT SAINT LUCIE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Bending, crimping machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Drexel Metals Inc.
- **Location:** 673 NW Enterprise Drive, PORT SAINT LUCIE, FLORIDA, 34986
- **NAICS:** 332322
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a bending machine when it cycled on his right hand, amputating the tip of his thumb above the knuckle.

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