# Amputations at Standard Sheet Metal Works, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022053784` · 5/2/2022 · PEORIA, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Brake presses
## Employer
- **Name:** Standard Sheet Metal Works, Inc.
- **Location:** 220 N. Commerce PL, PEORIA, ILLINOIS, 61604
- **NAICS:** 332322
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was bending sheet metal in a brake press. The metal bent, and the employee's right thumb was pinched between it and the brake. The thumb tip was amputated.

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