# Amputations at Metal-Era, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017032546` · 3/20/2017 · WAUKESHA, 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:** Metal-Era, Inc.
- **Location:** 1600 Airport Rd, WAUKESHA, WISCONSIN, 53188
- **NAICS:** 332322
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a press break to bend sheet metal and amputated the middle two fingertips on the right hand when they were pinched between the upper and lower dies.

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