# Amputations at Elixir Door and Metals Company Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016054237` · 5/16/2016 · TUSCUMBIA, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Punch presses
## Employer
- **Name:** Elixir Door and Metals Company Inc.
- **Location:** 505 Highway 20 East, TUSCUMBIA, ALABAMA, 35674
- **NAICS:** 332321
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While an employee was working on a punch press a piece of metal became stuck. The employee removed the guard to remove the metal piece. While his fingers were in the die area, the employee hit the foot pedal and stroked the machine. The employee sustained the amputation of the left index finger and fractures to the left middle finger.

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