# Amputations at THORP EQUIPMENT, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2016109470` · 10/7/2016 · THORP, WISCONSIN
## 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:** THORP EQUIPMENT, INC.
- **Location:** N14160 COUNTY RD. M, THORP, WISCONSIN, 54771
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On October 7, 2016, an employee was operating a press brake to bend metal material when the left index fingertip became caught between the material and the front of the machine. A small portion of the finger had to be surgically amputated.

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