# Amputations at Hanwha Aerospace USA
> OSHA SIR `20201010182` · 10/27/2020 · CHESHIRE, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Lathes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Hanwha Aerospace USA
- **Location:** 5 McKee Place, CHESHIRE, CONNECTICUT, 06410
- **NAICS:** 333618
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a vertical lathe machine that had an oil leak. The employee used his finger to wipe the oil and his finger got caught between the hydraulic positioning switch and pin resulting in amputation of the fingertip and nail.

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