# Amputations at Sunshine Minting, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018010045` · 1/2/2018 · COEUR D ALENE, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Presses, except printing, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Sunshine Minting, Inc.
- **Location:** 7600 Mineral Drive, COEUR D ALENE, IDAHO, 83815
- **NAICS:** 332116
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a die press to blank silver strips when the employee's right hand became caught in the blanking die, amputating the index fingertip.

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