# Amputations at NRG Energy Services
> OSHA SIR `2015108049` · 10/28/2015 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## 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:** Metalworking lathes
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** NRG Energy Services
- **Location:** 12307 Kurland Dr., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77034
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had his right hand index, middle, and ring fingers amputated when his glove got caught in the horizontal lathe he was using to polish a 7/8 inch pin with an emery cloth.

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