# Amputations at USA Metal Sales, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20201110992` · 11/20/2020 · MILTON, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Shearing machines
## Employer
- **Name:** USA Metal Sales, LLC
- **Location:** 8736 Hwy 87 North, MILTON, FLORIDA, 32570
- **NAICS:** 339999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On November 20, 2020, an employee was preparing to use a metal shear. As he handled the sheet metal to be trimmed, his right hand slipped toward the shear's blade, which amputated his ring and middle fingers at the first knuckle.

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