# Amputations at Wiremasters, Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `2017109684` · 10/9/2017 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## 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:** Wiremasters, Incorporated
- **Location:** 1040 West 40th Street, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60609
- **NAICS:** 335921
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a press brake and caught their fingers in the tool.

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