# Amputations at Gary Job Corps
> OSHA SIR `2018021521` · 2/13/2018 · SAN MARCOS, 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:** Protective equipment, except clothing, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Gary Job Corps
- **Location:** 2800 Airport Hwy 21, SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, 78666
- **NAICS:** 611519
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A student was using a lathe to polish aluminum with sandpaper. The bandage on his right hand got caught in the lathe resulting in amputation of the right index finger at the distal phalanx.

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