# Amputations at Edsal Manufacturing Company Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018099736` · 9/20/2018 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Punch presses
## Employer
- **Name:** Edsal Manufacturing Company Inc.
- **Location:** 4400 S. Packers Ave., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60609
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to position a die on a punch press machine. When the employee turned the die to position, a portion of the die fell through the hole, trapping the employee's right little finger between the die and the bolster plate. The employee's fingertip had to be amputated.

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