# Amputations at UPCO, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016087079` · 8/1/2016 · CLAREMORE, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Presses, except printing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** UPCO, Inc.
- **Location:** 24403 Amah Parkway, CLAREMORE, OKLAHOMA, 74019
- **NAICS:** 333132
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a press to remove a cylinder rod from a piston when a spring released its tension, causing the employee's finger to be caught between the piston and the press. The employee's right index finger was amputated up to the first knuckle.

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