# Amputations at Metco Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016043393` · 4/22/2016 · SAINT MARYS, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Punch presses
## Employer
- **Name:** Metco Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 1241 Brusselles Street, SAINT MARYS, PENNSYLVANIA, 15857
- **NAICS:** 331110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was setting up a powdered metal press for production. While he was attempting to check if the inner punch was firing, his left-hand middle finger was struck by the tooling, amputating the fingertip.

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