# Amputations at Brainard Rivets
> OSHA SIR `2020021607` · 2/18/2020 · GIRARD, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Brainard Rivets
- **Location:** 222 Harry St., GIRARD, OHIO, 44420
- **NAICS:** 332722
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a header machine when his foot slipped from the brake and his right hand thumb was caught in the machine, amputating the tip of his thumb.

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