# Amputations at FLSmidth, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023021539` · 2/17/2023 · FRAZIERS BOTTOM, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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:** FLSmidth, Inc.
- **Location:** 16002 Winfield Rd, FRAZIERS BOTTOM, WEST VIRGINIA, 25082
- **NAICS:** 333519
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a hydraulic press when his left middle finger was crushed between the part he was pressing and the press table. The employee sustained an open fracture of the tuft of the distal phalanx, which led to a partial amputation of the left middle fingertip.

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