# Amputations at Behlen Manufacturing Company
> OSHA SIR `2018010478` · 1/16/2018 · COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Bending, rolling, shaping machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Behlen Manufacturing Company
- **Location:** 4025 E 23rd, COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA, 68602
- **NAICS:** 332311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping another employee operate a folding brake. She was placing sheet metal in the machine when the equipment came down on her left thumb, amputating the tip.

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