# Amputations at Oshkosh Defense (Harrison Street Plant)
> OSHA SIR `20171211515` · 12/4/2017 · OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN
## 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:** Oshkosh Defense (Harrison Street Plant)
- **Location:** 2737 HARRISON ST., OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN, 54901
- **NAICS:** 336111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a press brake to fabricate seat mounting brackets when his right middle fingertip was caught and amputated between the part and the press brake die.

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