# Amputations at Baltimore Aircoil Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181010162` · 10/2/2018 · MILFORD, DELAWARE
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Sheet metal
- **Secondary source:** Brake presses
## Employer
- **Name:** Baltimore Aircoil Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 1162 HOLLY HILL ROAD, MILFORD, DELAWARE, 19963
- **NAICS:** 333415
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An Aerotek contract employee was helping a press brake operator position a 4-foot by 2-foot metal sheet, weighing about 35 pounds, in a press brake. The contract employee's right index finger was pinched between the metal part and the press brake support, causing an amputation of the right index fingertip.

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