# Amputations at OMEGA CONTAINER, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2019076641` · 7/1/2019 · ARCADIA, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Punch presses
## Employer
- **Name:** OMEGA CONTAINER, INC.
- **Location:** 2401 Beech Street, ARCADIA, LOUISIANA, 71001
- **NAICS:** 322214
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to remove a metal lid that had been stamped and was stuck in a punch press die when the press was activated via the foot pedal, causing it to cycle and sever his left hand.

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