# Amputations at Lozier Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2017010280` · 1/10/2017 · OMAHA, NEBRASKA
## 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:** Drills-stationary
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Lozier Corporation
- **Location:** 6316 John Pershing Dr, OMAHA, NEBRASKA, 68110
- **NAICS:** 321999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a drill press to drill pilot holes in sheet metal and plastic components when the glove on the employee's left index finger was caught by the drill bit. The bit pulled the employee's index fingertip in and amputated it between the fingernail and first knuckle.

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