# Amputations at Americase Fab and Construction
> OSHA SIR `2023088038` · 8/31/2023 · WAXAHACHIE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Brake presses
## Employer
- **Name:** Americase Fab and Construction
- **Location:** 6200 I-35E North, WAXAHACHIE, TEXAS, 75165
- **NAICS:** 336212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a brake press. While he was adjusting a part on the bottom tooling, the head of the machine lowered onto his fingertips and amputated them.

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