# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Utica Metal Products, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2025055077` · 5/29/2025 · UTICA, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Stamping machinery, presses  except printing
- **Secondary source:** Machine guards
## Employer
- **Name:** Utica Metal Products, INC.
- **Location:** 1526 Lincoln Avenue, UTICA, NEW YORK, 13502
- **NAICS:** 336370
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a mechanical trim press to trim flash off metal parts. The employee was loading a part to be trimmed when the press cycled and crushed the index fingers on both of their hands. The employee sustained a fingertip amputation. The machine was not guarded at the time.

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