# Amputations at Gates Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2023109548` · 10/16/2023 · BRANDON, SOUTH DAKOTA
## 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:** Bending, crimping machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Gates Corporation
- **Location:** 700 East Redwood Boulevard, BRANDON, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57005
- **NAICS:** 332912
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a hose/bender machine. He was reaching to adjust a piece of hose and got caught in a pinch point, sustaining an amputation to his finger.

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