# Amputations at Leader Gasket, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015107309` · 10/1/2015 · BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Leader Gasket, Inc.
- **Location:** 8622 South Choctaw Street, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, 70815
- **NAICS:** 339991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a semi-automatic vertical winder to make a gasket. When he activated the foot pedal to the machine, the machine pinched and amputated his fingertip.

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