# Amputations at Irwin Seating Company
> OSHA SIR `2015118467` · 11/10/2015 · ALTAMONT, ILLINOIS
## 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:** Irwin Seating Company
- **Location:** 610 Cumberland Road, ALTAMONT, ILLINOIS, 62411
- **NAICS:** 337127
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Three of an employee's left-hand fingertips were amputated while he was adjusting a press brake to bend 90-degree angles on bench seating.

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