# Amputations at Metra Electronics Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2017054066` · 5/4/2017 · HOLLY HILL, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Grinding, polishing machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Metra Electronics Corporation
- **Location:** 460 Walker Street, HOLLY HILL, FLORIDA, 32117
- **NAICS:** 336322
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a pedestal sander to sand down the edges on a piece of metal using an 80 grit disc. While he was pushing the metal into the sander, the metal buckled and his left hand went into the face of the disc, amputating his left index fingertip.

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