# Amputations at ENERGY PANEL STRUCTURES, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2022098076` · 9/12/2022 · PERRYVILLE, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Bending, crimping machines
## Employer
- **Name:** ENERGY PANEL STRUCTURES, INC.
- **Location:** 232 SEMO Lane, PERRYVILLE, MISSOURI, 63775
- **NAICS:** 332311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was demonstrating the use of a trim brake machine to build trim. When the brake was activated, it crushed his left ring and middle fingertips and amputated the middle fingertip.

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