# Amputations at TRACHTE BUILDING SYSTEMS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2016076850` · 7/27/2016 · SUN PRAIRIE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Brake presses
## Employer
- **Name:** TRACHTE BUILDING SYSTEMS, INC.
- **Location:** 314 WILBURN ROAD, SUN PRAIRIE, WISCONSIN, 53590
- **NAICS:** 332311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was fabricating parts in a press brake. The employee bent a part and the part fell back. When the employee reached for the part, the press was activated via the foot pedal and pinched the employee's middle finger, amputating the fingertip.

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