# Amputations at WATLOW ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING CO.
> OSHA SIR `2019054710` · 5/8/2019 · SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Bending, crimping machines
## Employer
- **Name:** WATLOW ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING CO.
- **Location:** 12001 Lackland Road, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63146
- **NAICS:** 335999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An operator was showing another employee how to switch out the dies on a staker/crimper. The operator's right hand was caught in the staker/crimper and the middle, ring and pinky fingers were amputated.

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