# Amputations at Matthews Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020077200` · 7/31/2020 · DECATUR, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Brake presses
## Employer
- **Name:** Matthews Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 23 2nd Street SW, DECATUR, ALABAMA, 35601
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a brake press to flatten a part. The employee reached down to straighten the part, when the pedal was pushed and the machine actuated, resulting in amputation of the right middle, ring, and little fingers at the distal joint.

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