# Amputations at Elite Manufacturing Technologies Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171110907` · 11/13/2017 · BLOOMINGDALE, ILLINOIS
## 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:** Elite Manufacturing Technologies Inc.
- **Location:** 333 Munroe Dr., BLOOMINGDALE, ILLINOIS, 60108
- **NAICS:** 332322
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was forming a small part on a press brake when his left index fingertip was caught and smashed between the punch and die, resulting in an amputation.

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