# Amputations at Howmet Castings and Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20231211086` · 12/4/2023 · DOVER, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Howmet Castings and Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 9 Roy St., DOVER, NEW JERSEY, 07801
- **NAICS:** 331529
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was setting a caster die onto a plate. As the employee put pressure on the equipment, their right little and ring fingers were caught in a pinch point, resulting in a crush injury and partial amputation of the ring finger.

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