# Amputations at Parlex USA LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017099265` · 9/27/2017 · VANDALIA, OHIO
## 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:** Parlex USA LLC
- **Location:** 801 Scholz Drive, VANDALIA, OHIO, 45377
- **NAICS:** 334515
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a punch press to punch cable when it amputated the employee's right index fingertip.

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