# Amputations at Aurora Technologies, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2015085967` · 8/20/2015 · PACIFIC, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Punch presses
## Employer
- **Name:** Aurora Technologies, Inc
- **Location:** Punch Press Department, PACIFIC, MISSOURI, 63069
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was running parts through a punch press. The part jammed, so he attempted to retrieve the part from the machine. His foot hit the foot pedal and activated the punch, which amputated his left thumb down to the first bone and required surgery. The guard was not in place at the time of the incident.

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