# Amputations at ANR Pipeline Company
> OSHA SIR `2017043217` · 4/10/2017 · ALDEN, KANSAS
## 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
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** ANR Pipeline Company
- **Location:** 2135 11th Road, ALDEN, KANSAS, 67512
- **NAICS:** 221210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a lathe to polish a small steel bar when his glove was caught in a rotating shaft, pulling his right hand into the lathe and amputating his right ring finger.

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