# Amputations at SAMTAN ENGINEERING CORP.
> OSHA SIR `2020054170` · 5/4/2020 · MALDEN, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Presses, except printing, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** SAMTAN ENGINEERING CORP.
- **Location:** 127 Wyllis Avenue, MALDEN, MASSACHUSETTS, 02148
- **NAICS:** 332119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was manufacturing 4-foot-long pieces of strip metal into cable hangers. The employee's right middle fingertip was caught in the stamping press. The fingertip was amputated just below the fingernail.

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