# Amputations at Dunkirk Metal Products of WNY, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016053769` · 5/4/2016 · DUNKIRK, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Dies, molds, patterns
- **Secondary source:** Presses, except printing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Dunkirk Metal Products of WNY, LLC
- **Location:** 3575 Chadwick Dr., DUNKIRK, NEW YORK, 14048
- **NAICS:** 332116
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was setting up a die in a press machine. The die slipped and pinched the left middle finger between the die and the press.  The left middle fingertip was amputated.

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