# Amputations at Lippert Components, Inc. dba Curt Group (UWS)
> OSHA SIR `2020087318` · 8/4/2020 · PERRY, FLORIDA
## 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:** Lippert Components, Inc. dba Curt Group (UWS)
- **Location:** 606 Industrial Park Drive, PERRY, FLORIDA, 32348
- **NAICS:** 336390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 4, 2020, a machine operator was bending thin aluminum tread plate parts on a press brake when the tip of his right index finger got caught between the part and the bottom die. The employee suffered the amputation of half of his fingernail to his fingertip.

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