# Amputations at Elkhart Products Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2018032879` · 3/24/2018 · FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Presses, except printing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Elkhart Products Corporation
- **Location:** 3265 Highway 71 South, FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS, 72701
- **NAICS:** 332913
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was manufacturing copper pipe fittings using a hydraulic press when a fitting fell into the machine. The employee was attempting to retrieve the fitting when the die came down on the employee's left index finger, amputating it at the first knuckle.

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