# Amputations at Abrasive Source Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021098268` · 9/24/2021 · RUSSIA, OHIO
## 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:** Lathes, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Abrasive Source Inc.
- **Location:** 211 West Main Street, RUSSIA, OHIO, 45363
- **NAICS:** 327910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On September 24, 2021, an employee was working at a lathe when the lathe's spindle caught the employee's right glove. The employee suffered an amputation to the right ring finger.

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