# Amputations at KME Corp.
> OSHA SIR `2019054524` · 5/3/2019 · NESQUEHONING, PENNSYLVANIA
## 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:** Metalworking lathes
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** KME Corp.
- **Location:** 1 Industrial Complex, NESQUEHONING, PENNSYLVANIA, 18240
- **NAICS:** 336120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On May 3, 2019, at approximately 8:00 AM, an employee was buffing a 4-foot long metal shaft on a lathe using an abrasive pad. The spinning shaft caught the employee's glove causing a partial amputation of the right thumb.

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