# Amputations at Pioneer Custom
> OSHA SIR `2018054686` · 5/14/2018 · SCHERTZ, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Pioneer Custom
- **Location:** 113 Pecan Drive, SCHERTZ, TEXAS, 78154
- **NAICS:** 238350
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a jointer/lathe when a small strand from his protective gloves became caught in the machine. The small strand forced his right index finger into the blade of the rotary spindle and he sustained a partial amputation to his right index fingertip.

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