# Amputations at Forum Communications Company
> OSHA SIR `2018087916` · 8/2/2018 · FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Presses-printing
## Employer
- **Name:** Forum Communications Company
- **Location:** 4601 16th Avenue North, FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA, 58102
- **NAICS:** 323110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to remove a blemish that developed on the press plate of a sheet-fed press machine when his right index finger was caught in a roller, resulting in an amputation to the top portion of his finger.

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