# Amputations at Anchor Products Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20191212396` · 12/2/2019 · ADDISON, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Punch presses
## Employer
- **Name:** Anchor Products Inc.
- **Location:** 52 Official Road, ADDISON, ILLINOIS, 60101
- **NAICS:** 339112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was setting up a punch press and changing a die when the press was activated via the foot pedal. The ram then came down and amputated his thumb.

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