# Amputations at Willier Electric Motor Repair co., Inc
> OSHA SIR `2019044003` · 4/18/2019 · GIBBSBORO, 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 during regular operation
- **Source:** Lathes, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts
## Employer
- **Name:** Willier Electric Motor Repair co., Inc
- **Location:** 1 Linden Ave, GIBBSBORO, NEW JERSEY, 08026
- **NAICS:** 335312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was running a lathe to finish a repaired shaft. The employee was using sandpaper to finish the shaft when the employee's shirt was caught in a rotating piece, pulling the employee's arm and hand into the rotating piece. The employee suffered a left ear laceration as well as a broken left arm, wrist, and hand. The employee's left little finger had to be surgically amputated.

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