# Amputations at The Bilco Company
> OSHA SIR `2019055024` · 5/17/2019 · TRUMANN, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **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:** The Bilco Company
- **Location:** 536 Highway 463 South, TRUMANN, ARKANSAS, 72472
- **NAICS:** 332321
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a drill press to drill holes on a door frame. As the employee was holding a piece of the material, the glove on his right hand got caught in the drill. The force of the glove being twisted severed his right index finger at the first knuckle.

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