# Amputations at Berg Pipe Panama City Corp
> OSHA SIR `2021010526` · 1/20/2021 · PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **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:** Berg Pipe Panama City Corp
- **Location:** 5315 West 19th ST., PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA, 32405
- **NAICS:** 331210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was polishing an aluminum pipe in a lathe with an emery cloth when his glove got caught in the lathe chuck, pulling him into the lathe. The employee suffered fractures to his left arm above the wrist, a laceration on his left ear, and an amputation of his left thumb.

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