# Amputations at General Motors Arlington Assembly Plant
> OSHA SIR `2015051779` · 5/15/2015 · ARLINGTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Fasteners, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** General Motors Arlington Assembly Plant
- **Location:** 2525 East Abram Street, ARLINGTON, TEXAS, 76010
- **NAICS:** 336111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to install two fasteners that hold a dashboard instrument panel onto a firewall. The employee was wearing gloves; a finger on the glove got caught between the socket and the fastener, pulling the employee's finger into the socket and amputating it at the base.

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