# Amputations at Brakebush Brothers Inc
> OSHA SIR `20171211831` · 12/13/2017 · WESTFIELD, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
- **Secondary source:** Wrenches-power not determined
## Employer
- **Name:** Brakebush Brothers Inc
- **Location:** N4993 6th Dr, WESTFIELD, WISCONSIN, 53964
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On December 13, 2017, an employee propped up a metal hopper with a wrench. The employee was looking for an O-ring that came out of the hopper when the wrench slipped. The hopper then fell and amputated the employee's left index fingertip.

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