# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations, n.e.c. at Penatek Foundry and Machining, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017021440` · 2/13/2017 · ODESSA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metalworking lathes
## Employer
- **Name:** Penatek Foundry and Machining, Inc.
- **Location:** 6830 E. Business Loop 20, ODESSA, TEXAS, 79762
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's left hand was caught by the rotating spindle of a lathe, partially de-gloving the hand and amputating the thumb, index, and middle fingers at the first joint. The lathe was unguarded at the time.

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