# Amputations at MISSOURI PRESS METALS
> OSHA SIR `2017065154` · 6/6/2017 · SEDALIA, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** MISSOURI PRESS METALS
- **Location:** 1200 E Boonville, SEDALIA, MISSOURI, 65301
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was making bushings at a metal molding machine when the machine amputated half of her right middle finger. The machine was not guarded or locked out at the time of the incident.

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