# Amputations at U.S. Weight, Inc. dba Escalade Sports
> OSHA SIR `20181212978` · 12/18/2018 · OLNEY, ILLINOIS
## 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:** U.S. Weight, Inc. dba Escalade Sports
- **Location:** 4594 East Radio Tower Lane, OLNEY, ILLINOIS, 62450
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a table top drill press drilling one-inch holes into a plastic part. The plastic part became stuck on the drill bit and spun. The employee's gloved right hand was tangled in the rotating chuck resulting in amputation of the index fingertip.

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