# Amputations at Mueller, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2017076609` · 7/17/2017 · BALLINGER, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Punch presses
## Employer
- **Name:** Mueller, Inc
- **Location:** 1915 Hutchins Ave, BALLINGER, TEXAS, 76821
- **NAICS:** 332311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a punch press when the press crushed his left middle fingertip. The press was unguarded at the time.

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