# Amputations at Branch Ironworks, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017088384` · 8/29/2017 · ALVARADO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Punch presses
## Employer
- **Name:** Branch Ironworks, LLC
- **Location:** 7733 E. FM 917, ALVARADO, TEXAS, 76009
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a punch press when it amputated his fingertip.

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