# Amputations at Daktronics, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2022010457` · 1/17/2022 · BROOKINGS, SOUTH DAKOTA
## 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:** Brake presses
## Employer
- **Name:** Daktronics, Inc
- **Location:** 201 DAKTRONICS DRIVE, BROOKINGS, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57006
- **NAICS:** 339950
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was bending a metal bracket in a brake press. During the last bend, the employee's fingers were caught between the part and the top of the tooling. The employee's right middle, right ring, and left ring fingertips were amputated (without bone loss).

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