# Amputations at Bush Hog, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022086762` · 8/1/2022 · SELMA, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **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:** Bush Hog, Inc.
- **Location:** 2501 GRIFFIN AVE., SELMA, ALABAMA, 36701
- **NAICS:** 333111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pressing a part in a brake press machine when his finger became caught between the piece and the machine. The right index finger was partially amputated at the middle knuckle; it was later surgically re-attached. He also sustained a middle finger fracture and crush injury, and a laceration to the ring finger. The employee was hospitalized.

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