# Amputations at Champion Cooler Corp.
> OSHA SIR `2020098881` · 9/18/2020 · DENISON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Presses, except printing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Champion Cooler Corp.
- **Location:** 1724 S Scullin Ave., DENISON, TEXAS, 75020
- **NAICS:** 333415
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were operating a 300-ton press. The injured employee was stacking manufactured parts from the mechanical press. As the injured employee was removing a cut part from the press, the press activated and his arm was crushed in the press. The employee's arm was amputated at mid forearm.

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