# Amputations at Pitts Enterprises, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019021222` · 2/2/2019 · ELBA, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Brake presses
## Employer
- **Name:** Pitts Enterprises, Inc.
- **Location:** 1315 HICKMAN AVENUE, ELBA, ALABAMA, 36323
- **NAICS:** 336212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee was talking to another employee as corrugated sheets were being fed into a press brake on the back side. The injured employee placed his left hand under the die and the press was activated resulting in amputation of the left hand.

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