# Amputations at Kaspar Wire Works, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20191011275` · 10/30/2019 · VICTORIA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Presses, except printing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Kaspar Wire Works, Inc.
- **Location:** 4905 North Navarro Street, VICTORIA, TEXAS, 77904
- **NAICS:** 332618
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a press machine when the employee's left middle and ring fingers were caught in the machine, resulting in the amputation of the middle and ring fingertips.

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