# Amputations at AMERICAN STAINLESS STEEL CORP.
> OSHA SIR `2021021192` · 2/9/2021 · ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO
## 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:** AMERICAN STAINLESS STEEL CORP.
- **Location:** 1600 W YALE AVE, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO, 80110
- **NAICS:** 332116
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working with a co-worker on a brake press bending stainless steel when he noticed one piece had not bent at a 90-degree angle. He went to hit it again at a small place in the middle, and when doing so, the machine crushed his fingers. The employee suffered a ring fingertip amputation and amputation of his middle finger.

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