# Amputations at Graser Equipment Company LTD
> OSHA SIR `20181111576` · 11/9/2018 · WOOSTER, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Punch presses
## Employer
- **Name:** Graser Equipment Company LTD
- **Location:** 2054 Great Trails Road, WOOSTER, OHIO, 44691
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was fabricating a bracket on an iron punch press. The press activated while his hand was still in it, and its punch partially amputated his left thumb.

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