# Amputations at Professional Fabrications Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018043190` · 4/3/2018 · DENMARK, 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:** Professional Fabrications Inc.
- **Location:** 550 Woodrow Street, DENMARK, WISCONSIN, 54208
- **NAICS:** 332322
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was forming parts with a press brake when his left hand slipped on a part. His left index finger was then pinched between the tool and the v-die, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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