# Amputations at Sunland-Kori Services, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20171211844` · 12/13/2017 · EUNICE, LOUISIANA
## 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
## Employer
- **Name:** Sunland-Kori Services, LLC
- **Location:** 333 Highway 13, EUNICE, LOUISIANA, 70535
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At approximately 9:30 AM, on December 13, 2017, an employee was buffing a 1-and-1/4-inch piece of steel using a lathe machine and a 3-foot piece of emery cloth when his left hand and arm became entangled around the lathe's rotating shaft. His left middle finger had to be surgically amputated and he required surgery to his left ulna and radius.

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