# Amputations at Service Metal Works, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018088296` · 8/14/2018 · BEDFORD PARK, ILLINOIS
## 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:** Service Metal Works, Inc.
- **Location:** 5000 W. 73rd Street, BEDFORD PARK, ILLINOIS, 60638
- **NAICS:** 332322
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a press brake when the die amputated four of the employee's fingertips. Pull-back devices were in stalled, but not in use.

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