# Amputations at Elwood Staffing
> OSHA SIR `2015031229` · 3/16/2015 · EL PASO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Presses, except printing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Elwood Staffing
- **Location:** 10863 Pellicano Dr, EL PASO, TEXAS, 79936
- **NAICS:** 561320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had three fingers crushed and one amputated on a stamping machine. The machine's point of operation was not safeguarded at the time.

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