# Amputations at MIDLAND GARAGE DOOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2015075122` · 7/27/2015 · OMAHA, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Clamps, couplings
## Employer
- **Name:** MIDLAND GARAGE DOOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY
- **Location:** 13661 Giles Road, OMAHA, NEBRASKA, 68138
- **NAICS:** 332321
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had his hand on a spring he was building for a garage door. He pushed the lever to lock the clamp in its place, and his hand got caught under the clamp. He pulled his hand away, amputating his left thumb tip in the process. He was hospitalized and had thumb surgery.

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