# Amputations at Lakeview Forge Co
> OSHA SIR `2017087658` · 8/10/2017 · ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** Lakeview Forge Co
- **Location:** 1725 Pittsburgh Avenue, ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16505
- **NAICS:** 332111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a 400-ton press when his right hand became caught in the press die. His index and middle fingers had to be surgically amputated.

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