# Amputations at EDSAL MANUFACTURING CO., INC.
> OSHA SIR `2017076198` · 7/6/2017 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Punch presses
## Employer
- **Name:** EDSAL MANUFACTURING CO., INC.
- **Location:** 4345 S. PACKER AVENUE, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60609
- **NAICS:** 337127
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was making an adjustment to a tool punch on a punch press. The press cycled while his hand was on top of the punch crushing a right hand finger.

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