# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Samuel Son & Company Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024010010` · 1/2/2024 · IUKA, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  unspecified
- **Source:** Stamping machinery, presses  except printing
- **Secondary source:** "Lock out/ tag out" communication systems
## Employer
- **Name:** Samuel Son & Company Inc.
- **Location:** 26 County Road 351, IUKA, MISSISSIPPI, 38852
- **NAICS:** 333513
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was tightening a bolt on a brass plate located on top of a die when the ram block underneath the press contacted their right index finger, resulting in a partial amputation. The ram block was not locked out at the time of the incident.

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