# Amputations at GENERAL MOTORS
> OSHA SIR `2017065311` · 6/10/2017 · CLEVELAND, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Brake presses
## Employer
- **Name:** GENERAL MOTORS
- **Location:** 5400 Chevrolet Blvd., CLEVELAND, OHIO, 44130
- **NAICS:** 336111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 6/10/2017, an employee was repairing a press brake cylinder. He was attempting to line up a pin to marry together the parts when his left index fingertip became caught and amputated between the parts.

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