# Amputations at Apex Aluminum Die Casting Co., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020076303` · 7/6/2020 · PIQUA, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Apex Aluminum Die Casting Co., Inc.
- **Location:** 8877 Sherry Dr., PIQUA, OHIO, 45356
- **NAICS:** 331521
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a trim die machine and the machine amputated 75% of the employee's left pinky finger.

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