# Amputations at LIPPERT COMPONENTS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2017076354` · 7/11/2017 · FITZGERALD, GEORGIA
## 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:** LIPPERT COMPONENTS, INC.
- **Location:** 160 ORIOLE ROAD, FITZGERALD, GEORGIA, 31750
- **NAICS:** 332116
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a brake press to bend parts when his right hand was caught by the press blade, amputating his right thumb tip.

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