# Amputations at JPS Graphics Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2019066368` · 6/24/2019 · DALLAS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** JPS Graphics Corporation
- **Location:** 14030 Welch Road, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75244
- **NAICS:** 541430
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was setting up a hand-operated coil punch machine. Her index finger was in the area of the clamp when the machine was activated via the foot pedal. The clamp then came down on her left ring finger, resulting in a finger amputation.

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