# Amputations at Metromont LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023021506` · 2/16/2023 · BARTOW, 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:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Metromont LLC
- **Location:** 4151 US Highway 17 S, BARTOW, FLORIDA, 33830
- **NAICS:** 327390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was handling side rails while on the production form when the magnet used the move rails was powered on. The employee's fingers were caught between the rails and the magnet, resulting in a right thumb tip amputation.

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