# Amputations at GKN Sinter Metals
> OSHA SIR `2015010152` · 1/6/2015 · GALLIPOLIS, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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:** Lathes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** GKN Sinter Metals
- **Location:** 2160 Eastern Ave., GALLIPOLIS, OHIO, 45631
- **NAICS:** 332117
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On January 6, 2015, at approximately 11:30 p.m., an employee was performing a change over in the secondary turn cell when the clamp/unclamp feature was activated. The employee's fingertips on both hands were caught behind the chuck of the lathe. On the left hand, the third and fourth fingers were amputated.

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