# Amputations at Cottrell Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `2016087869` · 8/22/2016 · GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA
## 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:** Cottrell Incorporated
- **Location:** 2125 Candler Road, GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA, 30507
- **NAICS:** 336212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a brake press to bend a 10-inch piece of metal with the long end in the machine. His hand entered the point of operation, crushing and avulsing his left ring and middle fingertips, which had to be amputated.

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