# Amputations at DXP ENTERPRISES, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2016054814` · 5/31/2016 · SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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
## Employer
- **Name:** DXP ENTERPRISES, INC.
- **Location:** 7401 Atkinson Drive, SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA, 71129
- **NAICS:** 423840
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was resizing a spider OD on a lathe and polishing it when his left index finger was caught in the machine.

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