# Amputations at General Dynamics
> OSHA SIR `2021054157` · 5/21/2021 · GARLAND, TEXAS
## 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:** General Dynamics
- **Location:** 1200 N. Glennbrook Drive, GARLAND, TEXAS, 75040
- **NAICS:** 331221
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a CNC lathe. After machining a part, the employee went to open the lathe doors and his right middle finger was caught between the first and second accordion doors causing a partial fingertip amputation.

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