# Amputations at Swepco Tube LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019033252` · 3/28/2019 · CLIFTON, NEW JERSEY
## 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, unspecified
- **Source:** Metalworking lathes
## Employer
- **Name:** Swepco Tube LLC
- **Location:** 1 Clifton Boulevard, CLIFTON, NEW JERSEY, 07011
- **NAICS:** 331210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a piece of wood to move a metal tube on a lathe. The lathe amputated the employee's left thumb above the nail.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*