# Amputations at Automatic Equipment Manufacturing, Company
> OSHA SIR `2016065687` · 6/24/2016 · PENDER, NEBRASKA
## 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, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Automatic Equipment Manufacturing, Company
- **Location:** 1 Mill Road, PENDER, NEBRASKA, 68047
- **NAICS:** 333111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was setting up a hob machine and adjusting the point where the lubricating oil enters the cutting area when the rotating parts caught the employee's glove, pulling his hand into a pinch point area. His left ring finger was amputated, and his left finger was severely lacerated.

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