# Amputations at Lion Elastomers
> OSHA SIR `2017109486` · 10/3/2017 · PORT NECHES, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Lathes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Lion Elastomers
- **Location:** 1615 Main St., PORT NECHES, TEXAS, 77651
- **NAICS:** 325211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sanding down a shaft with sand paper when his left middle finger and index fingers became caught in the lathe. His fingers had to be surgically amputated.

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