# Amputations at Don Dye Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015119029` · 11/30/2015 · KINGMAN, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Punch presses
## Employer
- **Name:** Don Dye Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 524 NW. 20th Ave., KINGMAN, KANSAS, 67068
- **NAICS:** 332116
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on the Niagara Punch Press machine. He was looking at the die setting. When the machine cycled, the employee's hand was caught between the pin and bussing resulting in the right forearm amputation.

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