# Amputations at Flexcut Tool Company Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022054577` · 5/26/2022 · ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Presses, except printing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Flexcut Tool Company Inc.
- **Location:** 8105 Hawthorne Drive, ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16509
- **NAICS:** 332215
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working at a hydraulic press. As he moved blanks in or out of the press, his left index finger was caught and crushed in its point of operation. The finger was medically amputated.

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