# Amputations at Bashlin Industries Inc
> OSHA SIR `2023043680` · 4/25/2023 · GROVE CITY, 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:** Punch presses
## Employer
- **Name:** Bashlin Industries Inc
- **Location:** 119 West Pine Street, GROVE CITY, PENNSYLVANIA, 16127
- **NAICS:** 316998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a punch press. As he was positioning a piece of leather in the machine, the press cycled and the die came down on his right hand. He suffered an amputation to the middle finger at the first knuckle.

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