# Amputations at PARKSIDE MACHINE & FABRICATION
> OSHA SIR `2016021299` · 2/11/2016 · CARTHAGE, MISSOURI
## 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:** Milling machines
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** PARKSIDE MACHINE & FABRICATION
- **Location:** 1707 Oak Street, CARTHAGE, MISSOURI, 64836
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using an end milling machine while wearing gloves. The machine caught the employee's glove and amputated the left-hand index finger.

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