# Amputations at Air Starter Components, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022032714` · 3/26/2022 · STAFFORD, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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:** Lathes, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Air Starter Components, Inc.
- **Location:** 13935 Stafford Road, STAFFORD, TEXAS, 77477
- **NAICS:** 335312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sanding a part on a lathe. The sandpaper caught his gloves, and the rotating lathe amputated two fingers on his right hand.

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