# Amputations at Aerotek Staffing
> OSHA SIR `2017054528` · 5/18/2017 · EULESS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Punch presses
## Employer
- **Name:** Aerotek Staffing
- **Location:** 2300 N Hwy 121, EULESS, TEXAS, 76039
- **NAICS:** 561320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was punching holes in angle iron when the employee's left thumb was caught and partially amputated between the angle iron and the punch press. The punch was guarded at the time.

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