# Amputations at DEKALB TOOL & DIE, INC
> OSHA SIR `2017087685` · 8/11/2017 · TUCKER, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Brake presses
## Employer
- **Name:** DEKALB TOOL & DIE, INC
- **Location:** 2220 STEPHENS STREET, TUCKER, GEORGIA, 30084
- **NAICS:** 333514
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a press brake to make a part out of a piece of sheet metal that was approximately 2'' in length. He was setting the sheet metal when the press brake crushed his ring finger. Part of his finger had to be surgically amputated.

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