# Amputations at Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021086798` · 8/11/2021 · LEWISTON, IDAHO
## 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:** Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Inc.
- **Location:** 2821 Juniper Dr., LEWISTON, IDAHO, 83501
- **NAICS:** 541330
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was bending a small breaker plate on a press brake. His right thumb was caught between the bent flange of the part and the punch. Part of his right thumb above the knuckle was amputated.

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