# Amputations at Custom Aluminum Products, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015118312` · 11/4/2015 · SOUTH ELGIN, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Hand(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:** Custom Aluminum Products, Inc.
- **Location:** 414 Division St., SOUTH ELGIN, ILLINOIS, 60177
- **NAICS:** 331316
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A temporary employee was running normal production operations on a stamping press. The employee hand-fed extruded aluminum pieces into the point-of-operation with actuation controlled by two-hand controls located at shoulder height. The employee cycled the press, and once the cycle completed he removed the punched part. Subsequently, he put new blank into the point-of-operation and at that time, without manual actuation, the ram drifted from its top-stop and came down while both of his hands were in the point-of-operation. Both hands were crushed by the ram.

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