# Amputations at AIRTECH SUPPLY, INC
> OSHA SIR `2020087662` · 8/13/2020 · HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS
## 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, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** AIRTECH SUPPLY, INC
- **Location:** 3058 HWY 290, HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS, 71913
- **NAICS:** 441228
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing a work piece on a female die section. The press was activated and the male die section came down on the employee's right middle and ring fingertips, crushing them. Each fingertip was amputated at the first joint.

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