# Amputations at AK TUBE LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021010045` · 1/4/2021 · WALBRIDGE, OHIO
## 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:** AK TUBE LLC
- **Location:** 30400 E. BROADWAY, WALBRIDGE, OHIO, 43465
- **NAICS:** 331210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On January 4, 2021, an employee was operating a pneumatic press with an operating pressure of 400-700 psi. The employee as cycling the press when they reached down to retrieve a cutting die that fell off the staging block. The employee's left index finger was caught in the point of operation, resulting in an amputation.

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