# Amputations at Winzeler Stamping Company
> OSHA SIR `2021043278` · 4/20/2021 · MONTPELIER, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Presses, except printing, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Winzeler Stamping Company
- **Location:** 910 E. Main Street, MONTPELIER, OHIO, 43543
- **NAICS:** 332116
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee operating a transfer press was manually moving a press ram when their left hand slipped off the flywheel onto the top of a gear. The employee's third and fourth fingers became caught in the gear, resulting in an amputation to their fourth finger.

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