# Amputations at Best Pump and Flow
> OSHA SIR `20231211744` · 12/29/2023 · FORT WORTH, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Metalworking lathes
## Employer
- **Name:** Best Pump and Flow
- **Location:** 1329 Markum Gate Way Rd., FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76185
- **NAICS:** 333132
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a CNC metal lathe machine in manual mode to check that the thread blocking tool made contact with the jaws. As the employee was manually spinning the spindle, his index fingertip was crushed between the spindle's jaws and the grooving insert, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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