# Amputations at ATLAS AEROSPACE
> OSHA SIR `2016021556` · 2/19/2016 · WICHITA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Brake presses
## Employer
- **Name:** ATLAS AEROSPACE
- **Location:** 4225B W. MAY ST., WICHITA, KANSAS, 67209
- **NAICS:** 336413
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While an employee was trying to clear a jam on the brake press, the press activated, injuring both of the employee's hands and amputating a right-hand finger.

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