# Amputations at Attic Breeze LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017087470` · 8/5/2017 · GATESVILLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Brake presses
## Employer
- **Name:** Attic Breeze LLC
- **Location:** 1370 FM 116, GATESVILLE, TEXAS, 76528
- **NAICS:** 333413
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a press brake to press two pieces of metal together when one piece slipped. As he leaned forward to retrieve the piece of metal, the press brake activated and partially amputated his thumb.

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