# Amputations at LDV, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018021578` · 2/15/2018 · BURLINGTON, 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:** LDV, Inc.
- **Location:** 180 Industrial Drive, BURLINGTON, WISCONSIN, 53105
- **NAICS:** 336112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was bending a piece of metal in a press brake and pinched fingers between a piece of metal and the outside wall of the press brake. It was used manually and in a semi-automatic phase. The employee sustained a crushed right index fingertip and amputated the left index fingertip.

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