# Amputations at SCHAEFER'S ELECTRICAL ENCLOSURES, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2019021986` · 2/22/2019 · SCOTT CITY, MISSOURI
## 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:** SCHAEFER'S ELECTRICAL ENCLOSURES, INC.
- **Location:** 4680-A Nash Rd., SCOTT CITY, MISSOURI, 63780
- **NAICS:** 332322
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing a re-bend on a press brake. When the brake was actuated, the part being bent rotated up, pinching the employee's right thumb against the upper tooling and severing the tip.

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