# Amputations at National Wire & Metal Technologies, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017098748` · 9/12/2017 · JAMESTOWN, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Presses, except printing, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** National Wire & Metal Technologies, Inc.
- **Location:** 22 Carolina Street, JAMESTOWN, NEW YORK, 14701
- **NAICS:** 339994
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a stamping press and caught their fingers in a pinch point resulting in a partial amputation of the left middle fingertip and a fractured left thumb.

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