# Amputations at S-5! Manufacturing
> OSHA SIR `2019087881` · 8/2/2019 · IOWA PARK, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Punch presses
## Employer
- **Name:** S-5! Manufacturing
- **Location:** 500 W. Highway St., IOWA PARK, TEXAS, 76367
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was being trained on how to use a punch press. The punch activated while his hand was under the die, amputating the tip of his left thumb and the top of his right index finger.

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