# Amputations at General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems Inc
> OSHA SIR `2023054609` · 5/24/2023 · SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Metalworking lathes
## Employer
- **Name:** General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems Inc
- **Location:** 156 Cedar Avenue, SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 18505
- **NAICS:** 336992
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was adjusting a switch on the loading cradle for a metal tracer lathe. The machine cycled, resulting in an amputation to the left index fingertip.

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