# Amputations at Mestek, Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `2022076180` · 7/15/2022 · LACEYVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA
## 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:** Mestek, Incorporated
- **Location:** 1909 Cornell Road, LACEYVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 18623
- **NAICS:** 332322
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was bending a piece of metal on a brake press. His right hand was caught between the metal and the brake, and his middle fingertip was amputated.

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