# Amputations at Nidec Motor Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20161110616` · 11/11/2016 · MENA, ARKANSAS
## 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:** Nidec Motor Corporation
- **Location:** 500 N Morrow St, MENA, ARKANSAS, 71953
- **NAICS:** 335312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was shimming a rotor assembly in a lathe to correct a run-out condition before turning the part in a CNC turning lathe. The tail stock foot pedal was actuated, closing the tail stock on and amputating her left index finger to the first knuckle.

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