# Amputations at Suhner Manufacturing INC
> OSHA SIR `2019099418` · 9/10/2019 · ROME, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **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:** Suhner Manufacturing INC
- **Location:** 43 Anderson Rd SW, ROME, GEORGIA, 30161
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had finished grinding a shaft on a lathe and turned the machine off. As he went to remove the shaft, a switch was contacted and turned the lathe on. The shaft on the lathe grabbed his glove wrapping it around the shaft and causing an amputation to the left index finger.

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