# Amputations at Elwood Staffing Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015052767` · 5/11/2015 · GADSDEN, ALABAMA
## 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:** Brake presses
## Employer
- **Name:** Elwood Staffing Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 3001 Hickory Street, GADSDEN, ALABAMA, 35902
- **NAICS:** 561320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had approximately 8mm of both thumbs amputated while operating a press brake at Jemison Demsey Metals.

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