# Amputations at METTRON CONTRACTING, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2020010782` · 1/24/2020 · ORLANDO, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
- **Secondary source:** Metal plates, metal panels
## Employer
- **Name:** METTRON CONTRACTING, INC.
- **Location:** 445 S Magnolia Ave, ORLANDO, FLORIDA, 32801
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attaching a shackle to a steel plate that was being lifted by a loader when the employee's left thumb was caught between the shackle and the steel plate, resulting in a left thumb amputation just past the fingernail. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery.

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