# Amputations at PIONEER PLASTICS
> OSHA SIR `2016043342` · 4/21/2016 · AUBURN, MAINE
## 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:** Punch presses
## Employer
- **Name:** PIONEER PLASTICS
- **Location:** 1 PIONITE ROAD, AUBURN, MAINE, 04210
- **NAICS:** 326130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was getting ready to run a board through the punch press. The punch press cycled while her left hand was inside it, amputating four fingers.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*