# Amputations at Gerdau Macsteel
> OSHA SIR `2018065587` · 6/7/2018 · FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS
## 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:** Gerdau Macsteel
- **Location:** 5225 Planters Rd, FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS, 72916
- **NAICS:** 331221
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a lathe to test a 1" diameter, 6" long metal part. The part had a burr and the burr caught the employee's glove pulling his fingers into the lathe. The skin on his left index and middle fingers was degloved to the middle knuckle resulting in surgical amputation at the middle knuckle.

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