# Amputations at Bowen Engineering Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2018099978` · 9/26/2018 · BAYVILLE, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Drills-stationary
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Bowen Engineering Corporation
- **Location:** 98 Route 9, BAYVILLE, NEW JERSEY, 08721
- **NAICS:** 237990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was drilling a hole in a piece of wood when the drill bit grabbed his glove and caught his right index finger, 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*