# Amputations at American Light Metals dba Empire Die Casting
> OSHA SIR `2023021540` · 2/17/2023 · MACEDONIA, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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:** American Light Metals dba Empire Die Casting
- **Location:** 635 E. HIGHLAND RD., MACEDONIA, OHIO, 44056
- **NAICS:** 331522
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trimming scrap metal when their hand was caught in the 15-ton hydraulic press. The employee's hand was crushed, resulting in a finger amputation and loss of skin between both thumbs and index fingers.

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