# Amputations at A.W. Chesterton Company
> OSHA SIR `2017032506` · 3/17/2017 · CONROE, TEXAS
## 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:** Metalworking lathes
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** A.W. Chesterton Company
- **Location:** 2590 FM 1488, CONROE, TEXAS, 77384
- **NAICS:** 339991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a manual lathe to polish a small pin used in mold manufacturing. He was polishing the rotating pin using a piece of sandpaper. The glove on his middle right finger got caught by the rotating part pulling his hand in resulting in amputation of the right middle finger and a broken ring finger.

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