# Amputations at Residential Elevators, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021097601` · 9/3/2021 · CAIRO, GEORGIA
## 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:** Residential Elevators, Inc.
- **Location:** 2051 Industrial Park Drive, CAIRO, GEORGIA, 39828
- **NAICS:** 333921
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a brake press to bend metal for production. The press caught the employee's right thumb, removing the fingernail and flesh about a quarter inch from the thumb tip.

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