# Amputations at Materion Brush, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018088334` · 8/15/2018 · ELMORE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Punch presses
## Employer
- **Name:** Materion Brush, Inc.
- **Location:** 14710 West Portage River South Rd., ELMORE, OHIO, 43416
- **NAICS:** 331419
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing the head on a punch press. The press cycled, and the ram lowered and pinched the employee's thumb against the head, causing an amputation to the end of the thumb.

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