# Amputations at AC, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019032308` · 3/4/2019 · HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Lathes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** AC, Inc.
- **Location:** 1085 Jordan Road, HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA, 35810
- **NAICS:** 336419
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was setting up a lathe. As he turned the chuck with a chuck key, his left little finger was caught between the key and the operator panel. The fingertip was amputated to the nailbed.

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