# Amputations at The Essmueller Company
> OSHA SIR `2019010344` · 1/11/2019 · LAUREL, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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:** The Essmueller Company
- **Location:** 334 Avenue A, LAUREL, MISSISSIPPI, 39441
- **NAICS:** 333922
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee sustained the amputation of three fingers while operating a mechanical press brake.

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