# Amputations at American Posts, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019044330` · 4/29/2019 · TOLEDO, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Punch presses
## Employer
- **Name:** American Posts, LLC
- **Location:** 810 Chicago St., TOLEDO, OHIO, 43611
- **NAICS:** 332116
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On April 29, 2019, at approximately 9:50 a.m., an employee was operating a punch press when their right index finger was pinched between the dye plate and the post being stamped causing a fingertip amputation.

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