# Amputations at Delta Studweld, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023032768` · 3/28/2023 · LUMBERTON, TEXAS
## 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:** Delta Studweld, Inc.
- **Location:** 618 South Village Creek Pkwy, LUMBERTON, TEXAS, 77657
- **NAICS:** 332111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a press to stamp out washers from raw material. The press activated while his hand was near it. It crushed his right index finger at the first knuckle, and the finger was medically amputated at the knuckle.

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