# Amputations at Almetek
> OSHA SIR `20171212284` · 12/30/2017 · HACKETTSTOWN, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Punch presses
## Employer
- **Name:** Almetek
- **Location:** 2 Joy Drive, HACKETTSTOWN, NEW JERSEY, 07840
- **NAICS:** 339950
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning and making adjustments to a punch press machine and partially amputated four left-hand fingers.

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