# Amputations at Prime Conduit
> OSHA SIR `2015118320` · 11/5/2015 · OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA
## 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
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Prime Conduit
- **Location:** 6500 S Interpace Dr, OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, 73135
- **NAICS:** 326122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was turning a shaft on a lathe and polishing it with an emery cloth. The employee's glove got caught in the lathe pulling the employee's left hand into the machine and amputating the left middle fingertip and crushing the index and ring fingertips.

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