# Amputations at U.S. MACHINE & TOOL, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016087898` · 8/23/2016 · TYRONE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Brake presses
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. MACHINE & TOOL, LLC
- **Location:** 150 SHAMROCK INDUSTRIAL BOULEVARD, TYRONE, GEORGIA, 30290
- **NAICS:** 333515
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a press brake machine, stamping and bending parts, when his right thumb was caught and amputated in the machine.

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