# Amputations at Central Machinery Company
> OSHA SIR `2022087234` · 8/15/2022 · MARION, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Brake presses
## Employer
- **Name:** Central Machinery Company
- **Location:** 1339 E. Fairground Street, MARION, OHIO, 43302
- **NAICS:** 333518
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a brake press to bend metal. His right-hand fingers were caught in its point of operation, and he suffered amputations to four of them.

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