# Amputations at Oldcastle Building Envelope
> OSHA SIR `20191111935` · 11/16/2019 · TERRELL, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Metal materials-nonstructural, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Brake presses
## Employer
- **Name:** Oldcastle Building Envelope
- **Location:** 803 Airport Freeway, TERRELL, TEXAS, 75160
- **NAICS:** 331318
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a press machine. Aluminum plugged the die; the press continued, pushing the aluminum. The pressure caused the metal to shoot out of the press, smashing the employee's left hand between the aluminum and a run-out table. The employee suffered an amputation to the index finger.

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