# Amputations at CHIEF INDUSTRIES, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2015074979` · 7/23/2015 · KEARNEY, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Brake presses
## Employer
- **Name:** CHIEF INDUSTRIES, INC.
- **Location:** 4400 E 39TH STREET, KEARNEY, NEBRASKA, 68848
- **NAICS:** 333111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was running a brake press. The brake broke in half, and the ram fell onto and crushed the employee's right hand. The employee had surgery.

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