# Amputations at PAUL MUELLER COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2019021652` · 2/13/2019 · SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Presses, except printing, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** PAUL MUELLER COMPANY
- **Location:** 2306 W Phelps ST, SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI, 65802
- **NAICS:** 332420
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a head press to manufacture tanks/vessels. A piece of metal fell into the work area and was removed. As the press cycled back up, the employee's glove was caught on a burr on the side of the head pulling their left hand into the press. The left ring finger was lacerated and surgically amputated.

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