# Amputations at Florida Metal Products, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019077740` · 7/29/2019 · JACKSONVILLE, 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:** Bending, rolling, shaping machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Florida Metal Products, Inc.
- **Location:** 6940 Stuart Avenue, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, 32254
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A machine operator was loading metal strips into a folding machine when his left thumb was caught between the machine's two clamping arms. He suffered an amputation to the thumb without bone loss. The machine was guarded at the time.

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