# Amputations at Empire Die Casting
> OSHA SIR `20201211362` · 12/3/2020 · MACEDONIA, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Presses, except printing, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Empire Die Casting
- **Location:** 635 East Highland Road, MACEDONIA, OHIO, 44056
- **NAICS:** 331523
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trimming parts in a 50-ton trim press. While he was retrieving a part, the press cycled and came down on the fingers of his left hand, partially amputating the index and middle fingers. The employee was hospitalized.

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