# Amputations at Miller Metal Fabrication, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017087863` · 8/16/2017 · BRIDGEVILLE, DELAWARE
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Metal plates, metal panels
- **Secondary source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Miller Metal Fabrication, Inc.
- **Location:** 16356 Sussex Hwy, BRIDGEVILLE, DELAWARE, 19933
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a lift magnet to lift and load a 121-pound plate into a CNC machine. He was guiding the piece of metal into the CNC to drop/set it down when it fell on and crushed his left index finger, amputating it at the knuckle.

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