# Amputations at Powell Electrical Systems Inc
> OSHA SIR `2023021682` · 2/22/2023 · NORTH CANTON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** Powell Electrical Systems Inc
- **Location:** 8967 Pleasantwood Avenue Northwest, NORTH CANTON, OHIO, 44720
- **NAICS:** 335314
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was bending a part on the brake press when his thumb was pinched between the part and the articulating lift, resulting in a crush injury and amputation to the thumb.

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