# Amputations at Extrusions, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020032298` · 3/10/2020 · FORT SCOTT, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Punch presses
## Employer
- **Name:** Extrusions, Inc.
- **Location:** 2401 S Main Street, FORT SCOTT, KANSAS, 66701
- **NAICS:** 332321
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee was punching small parts on the hydraulic punch press when a part got stuck. As she tried to pull the small part out of the punch press, the punch activated, smashing the end of her finger. The fingertip was amputated to just behind the fingernail.

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