# Amputations at MET-CON, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2017054584` · 5/20/2017 · TITUSVILLE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Benches, workbenches, saw horses
## Employer
- **Name:** MET-CON, INC.
- **Location:** Kennedy Space Center, TITUSVILLE, FLORIDA, 32796
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was turning a saw horse when the saw horse's bay metal tube slipped and pinched his right index and middle fingers. His middle finger was fractured, and his index fingertip was amputated.

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