# Amputations at Teledyne Instruments, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017099187` · 9/25/2017 · DALLAS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Lathes, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Teledyne Instruments, Inc.
- **Location:** 345 Regal Row, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75247
- **NAICS:** 334419
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a lathe to coil cable when her gloved finger was caught in the cable. Her fingertip was amputated and her wrist broke.

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