# Amputations at Wastequip LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015129892` · 12/30/2015 · MILLERSBURG, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Brake presses
## Employer
- **Name:** Wastequip LLC
- **Location:** 930 Massilon Road, MILLERSBURG, OHIO, 44654
- **NAICS:** 332116
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On or about December 30, 2015, an employee's finger was caught between the die and the die bed as the employee was rotating the die in a brake press.  The right middle finger was pinched, removing the flesh part of the finger.

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