# Amputations at Warren Technology, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022054429` · 5/20/2022 · HIALEAH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Brake presses
## Employer
- **Name:** Warren Technology, Inc.
- **Location:** 2050 West 73rd Street, HIALEAH, FLORIDA, 33016
- **NAICS:** 423990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a brake press. She may have lost balance while on the chair and attempted to stop herself with her left hand, inadvertently stepping on the pedal that started the cycle. Her left arm was crushed between her wrist and elbow resulting in amputation at the elbow.

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