# Amputations at Technetics Group Oxford, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017099418` · 9/30/2017 · OXFORD, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Presses, except printing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Technetics Group Oxford, Inc.
- **Location:** 10 Old Webster Rd, OXFORD, MASSACHUSETTS, 01540
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing the die on a four-post press that was being supported by a block when his elbow knocked out the block. The top of the die dropped and crushed his left thumb, resulting in a partial thumb amputation.

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