# Amputations at WESTAFF
> OSHA SIR `2015086216` · 8/27/2015 · SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Brake presses
## Employer
- **Name:** WESTAFF
- **Location:** 9301 Olive Blvd, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63132
- **NAICS:** 561320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a brake press to bend a piece of metal. His finger was pinched on the deck of the press resulting in the amputation of the left ring finger just above the finger nail. It was reattached by a surgeon.

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