# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Manitou Equipment America, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20241211524` · 12/12/2024 · MADISON, SOUTH DAKOTA
## 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:** Stamping machinery, presses  except printing
- **Secondary source:** Dies, molds, patterns
## Employer
- **Name:** Manitou Equipment America, LLC
- **Location:** 915 7th Street Southwest, MADISON, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57042
- **NAICS:** 333120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a small sheet metal part out of the die of the brake press. The foot pedal was pressed, causing the part to lift and crush their left thumb against the die. The employee suffered an amputation to the thumb tip including the loss of flesh and the fingernail.

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