# Amputations at General Motors Components Holdings
> OSHA SIR `2015041705` · 4/2/2015 · ROCHESTER, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metalworking lathes
## Employer
- **Name:** General Motors Components Holdings
- **Location:** 1000 Lexington Avenue, ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, 14606
- **NAICS:** 336111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was polishing a piece of a metal rod in a lathe. The employee's right hand got pulled into the lathe, amputating the ends of the two middle fingers.

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