# Amputations at Dailys Premium Meats
> OSHA SIR `20181212661` · 12/10/2018 · MISSOULA, MONTANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **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:** Dailys Premium Meats
- **Location:** 2900 Mullan Road, MISSOULA, MONTANA, 59808
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a lathe with sandpaper to remove burrs from a shaft. The employee's  glove was caught between the spinning shaft and the sandpaper resulting in a right index finger amputation.

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