# Amputations at Elco Manufacturing Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023109214` · 10/5/2023 · HARPER, KANSAS
## 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:** Punch presses
## Employer
- **Name:** Elco Manufacturing Inc.
- **Location:** 939 Kansas 14, HARPER, KANSAS, 67058
- **NAICS:** 332321
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a punch press. She was manually feeding strips of 22-gauge metal that were 5-inches wide and 10 feet long. Her glove was caught by the die and the tip of her left thumb was pulled into the die press. Part of the left thumb tip was crushed, resulting in an amputation to the thumb tip.

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