# Amputations at U.S. Dept. of Justice-Bureau of Prisons
> OSHA SIR `2020021262` · 2/7/2020 · SALTERS, SOUTH CAROLINA
## 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:** U.S. Dept. of Justice-Bureau of Prisons
- **Location:** 8301 hwy 521, SALTERS, SOUTH CAROLINA, 29590
- **NAICS:** 922140
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was placing a 4-inch by 8-inch piece of sheet metal in a punch press. When the press was activated, the metal shifted and pinched his glove and the tip of his right index finger against the fiberglass guard on the machine. He suffered an amputation to the finger.

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