# Amputations at Asyst Technologies LLC
> OSHA SIR `20191111936` · 11/16/2019 · KENOSHA, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Presses, except printing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Asyst Technologies LLC
- **Location:** 5811 99th St, KENOSHA, WISCONSIN, 53142
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A temporary employee from QPS Employment Group was working with another employee to set up a hydraulic press. The press would not cycle. While the second employee was away and the first employee was cleaning up the area around the press, the press activated and amputated the employee's finger.

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