# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at VOGEL SHEET METAL & HEATING INC
> OSHA SIR `2024054332` · 5/16/2024 · FENTON, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Bending, crimping machinery
- **Secondary source:** Personal protective equipment (PPE)  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** VOGEL SHEET METAL & HEATING INC
- **Location:** 1642 Manufacturers Drive, FENTON, MISSOURI, 63026
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was bending 16-gauge metal using a brake machine when their right thumb got caught in the machine's pressing mechanism, resulting in a partial thumb tip amputation. The employee was wearing personal protective equipment at the time of the incident.

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