# Amputations at The Knapheide Manufacturing Company
> OSHA SIR `20191112300` · 11/27/2019 · QUINCY, ILLINOIS
## 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:** The Knapheide Manufacturing Company
- **Location:** 1848 Westphalia Strasse, QUINCY, ILLINOIS, 62305
- **NAICS:** 336212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At about 8:10 p.m., an employee was using a hydraulic press brake to form a steel part. As the steel part was re-struck, the material bent up into the front of the dies while the employee was holding it. The employee's left thumb was pinched between the die and steel part at the middle of the thumbnail, causing the amputation of the thumb tip.

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