# Amputations at PPC Broadband
> OSHA SIR `2015010985` · 1/30/2015 · EAST SYRACUSE, NEW YORK
## 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:** Lathes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** PPC Broadband
- **Location:** 6176 East Molloy Road, EAST SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, 13057
- **NAICS:** 334417
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was polishing a spindle on a lathe using an emery cloth.  A keyway slot on the shaft caught his right index finger, resulting in an amputation of the finger. There was no bone loss.

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