# Amputations at Upright Steel Fabricators and Erectors LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017087280` · 8/1/2017 · CLEVELAND, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Brake presses
## Employer
- **Name:** Upright Steel Fabricators and Erectors LLC
- **Location:** 1335 East 171st Street, CLEVELAND, OHIO, 44110
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was bending a piece of metal using the press brake and his foot got stuck in the lever that operates the machine. The press cycled while his hand was on the piece of metal and his thumb was smashed between the side of the press and the piece of metal. The employee's left thumb was partially amputated.

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