# Amputations at Nibco, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016021289` · 2/11/2016 · NACOGDOCHES, 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:** Lathes, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Nibco, Inc.
- **Location:** 723 S. FREDONIA, NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS, 75961
- **NAICS:** 332911
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing the jaws on a CNC lathe when the jaw hydraulic clamps were actuated by the foot control. His right index fingertip was amputated above the first joint between the jaws and the new part.

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