# Amputations at THE GREENBRIER COMPANIES
> OSHA SIR `2021021298` · 2/12/2021 · JACKSON, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Presses, except printing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** THE GREENBRIER COMPANIES
- **Location:** 1305 Lenco Avenue, JACKSON, MISSOURI, 63755
- **NAICS:** 336510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was troubleshooting a press when the spring of the press released the bottom plate and smashed the employee's right index finger between the top and bottom plate. The employee sustained a fracture to the finger, resulting in amputation to the top knuckle.

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