# Amputations at DEFIANCE METAL PRODUCTS
> OSHA SIR `2017043369` · 4/13/2017 · HEBER SPRINGS, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Brake presses
## Employer
- **Name:** DEFIANCE METAL PRODUCTS
- **Location:** 944 BY PASS ROAD, HEBER SPRINGS, ARKANSAS, 72543
- **NAICS:** 336370
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a brake press to form small metal parts and pinched his left middle finger between the material and the front of the ram amputating the middle fingertip.

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