# Amputations at BREY&KRAUSE MFR CO AND L.M. SMOYER BRASS PRODUCTS
> OSHA SIR `2021010661` · 1/25/2021 · BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Clamps, couplings
## Employer
- **Name:** BREY&KRAUSE MFR CO AND L.M. SMOYER BRASS PRODUCTS
- **Location:** 1209 WEST LEHIGH STREET, BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA, 18018
- **NAICS:** 332998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was welding a tube to a flange when a clamp device closed on her right thumb. The thumb tip was medically amputated above the first knuckle.

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