# Amputations at Martin Engineering, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20161110827` · 11/17/2016 · NEPONSET, ILLINOIS
## 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:** Martin Engineering, Inc.
- **Location:** One Martin Place, NEPONSET, ILLINOIS, 61345
- **NAICS:** 541330
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a press brake and attempting to remove a piece when the clamp came down and amputated his left middle fingertip and avulsed his left ring finger. The machine was cycling at the time of the incident.

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