# Amputations at Dunkirk Metal Products
> OSHA SIR `2017098603` · 9/7/2017 · DUNKIRK, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Presses, except printing, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Dunkirk Metal Products
- **Location:** 3575 Chadwick Drive, DUNKIRK, NEW YORK, 14048
- **NAICS:** 332322
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was aligning a coil to the guiderails of a mechanical power press' stamping die when the press cycled. The press came down and pinched the employee's left index finger, which had to be medically amputated.

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