# Amputations at G. Nelson Eletric Motors, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016010628` · 1/22/2016 · SYLACAUGA, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** Metalworking lathes
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** G. Nelson Eletric Motors, Inc.
- **Location:** 1218 Sylacauga Fayettville Highway, SYLACAUGA, ALABAMA, 35151
- **NAICS:** 811310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was machining a shaft and using sandpaper at a lathe when his right glove got caught in the machine, amputating his right middle and ring fingers at the knuckle.

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