# Amputations at Payson Casters, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171111329` · 11/29/2017 · GURNEE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Punch presses
## Employer
- **Name:** Payson Casters, Inc.
- **Location:** 2323 Delaney Rd, GURNEE, ILLINOIS, 60031
- **NAICS:** 332991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was putting a part on a punch press when the employee's right hand entered the press, amputating his index finger.

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