# Amputations involving bone loss at Petersen Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024054268` · 5/15/2024 · LAKE WALES, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Stamping machinery, presses  except printing
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Petersen Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 4000 S.R. 60 West, LAKE WALES, FLORIDA, 33859
- **NAICS:** 333111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a hydraulic press when the press crushed their right index finger, resulting in an amputation.

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