# Amputations at Jacobs Vehicle Systems, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018021139` · 2/3/2018 · BLOOMFIELD, CONNECTICUT
## 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:** Assembly presses
## Employer
- **Name:** Jacobs Vehicle Systems, Inc.
- **Location:** 22 East Dudley Town Road, BLOOMFIELD, CONNECTICUT, 06002
- **NAICS:** 336340
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a pneumatic assembly press when the PLC programming did not activate the anti-repeat/anti-tie down feature and the press cycled. The assembly press ram/tooling then amputated the employee's left index finger at the second knuckle.

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