# Amputations at Lomanco Inc
> OSHA SIR `2017033816` · 3/24/2017 · JACKSONVILLE, ARKANSAS
## 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:** Lomanco Inc
- **Location:** 2101 W Main St, JACKSONVILLE, ARKANSAS, 72076
- **NAICS:** 332322
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was running a brake press, bending flat aluminum sheets to form louvers. While she was handling an aluminum sheet, her right hand slipped and went toward the point of operation, which had a press knife. When she pulled her right hand back, the press knife amputated her right middle fingertip.

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