# Amputations at TEI
> OSHA SIR `20161211640` · 12/14/2016 · DUNCAN, SOUTH CAROLINA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Drills-stationary
## Employer
- **Name:** TEI
- **Location:** 170 Tucapau Rd, DUNCAN, SOUTH CAROLINA, 29334
- **NAICS:** 236210
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was drilling a piece of metal with a magnetic drill when the bit bound, causing the drill base to spin and amputate the employee's left index fingertip.

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