# Amputations at White River Marine Group
> OSHA SIR `2023109399` · 10/11/2023 · LEBANON, MISSOURI
## 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
## Employer
- **Name:** White River Marine Group
- **Location:** 1500 Maple lane, LEBANON, MISSOURI, 65536
- **NAICS:** 336612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were using a brake press to break aluminum sheet metal parts. When the die came down, the edge of the part folded downward toward the edge of the press bed, contacting an employee's right middle finger. The fingertip was amputated.

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