# Amputations at Lincoln Industries
> OSHA SIR `2022108967` · 10/12/2022 · LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
## 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 maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Painting, priming, metal coating machinery
- **Secondary source:** Blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts
## Employer
- **Name:** Lincoln Industries
- **Location:** 600 West E Street, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, 68522
- **NAICS:** 332813
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was completing maintenance to adjust a plating barrel on a saddle. The employee reached over the drive shaft and their shirt became caught in the shaft. As the employee reached to dislodge their shirt, the employee's glove became caught in the drive shaft, causing amputation of the right ring and little fingers.

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