# Amputations at Dakota Bodies, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020088212` · 8/29/2020 · WATERTOWN, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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:** Dakota Bodies, LLC
- **Location:** 201 20th Avenue SE, WATERTOWN, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57201
- **NAICS:** 336211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing out dies on a hydraulic press brake. As the employee was trying to move the plastic die in the point of operation, the brake closed on the employee's left-hand fingers. The two middle fingers were later amputated to the knuckle.

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