# Amputations at DEPENDABLE STAMPING COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2023010017` · 1/2/2023 · EUCLID, OHIO
## 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
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** DEPENDABLE STAMPING COMPANY
- **Location:** 20850 St. Clair, EUCLID, OHIO, 44117
- **NAICS:** 332119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a brake press. As they stepped on the foot pedal, their left glove got caught in a part on the brake press and their middle finger was pulled forward and pinched between the part and the brake press, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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