# Amputations at WOODS EQUIPMENT
> OSHA SIR `2018054987` · 5/22/2018 · OREGON, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Brake presses
## Employer
- **Name:** WOODS EQUIPMENT
- **Location:** 2606 S. IL RT 2, OREGON, ILLINOIS, 61061
- **NAICS:** 333111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on a press brake machine when an adapter bar fell approximately 18 inches and struck the employee's left pinky finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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