# Amputations at FET-Global, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20221211065` · 12/21/2022 · DAYTON, TEXAS
## 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:** Metalworking lathes
## Employer
- **Name:** FET-Global, LLC
- **Location:** 501 CR 493, DAYTON, TEXAS, 77535
- **NAICS:** 331210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a lathe machine. As he moved to take material out of the machine, the shifter lever was engaged and the chuck rotated slightly forward. The chuck guard fell with the rotation of the lathe, struck his right middle finger, and caused an amputation at the last joint of the finger.

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