# Amputations at Newman Signs
> OSHA SIR `2022032572` · 3/22/2022 · JAMESTOWN, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Punch presses
## Employer
- **Name:** Newman Signs
- **Location:** 1606 Sixth Avenue SW, JAMESTOWN, NORTH DAKOTA, 58401
- **NAICS:** 339950
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a punch press. As the employee adjusted the position of material in the press, the foot pedal was actuated and the press came down on the employee's left index finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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