# Amputations at GAL Manufacturing Corporation, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022032825` · 3/30/2022 · BRONX, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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:** GAL Manufacturing Corporation, LLC
- **Location:** 50 E 153rd St., BRONX, NEW YORK, 10451
- **NAICS:** 333921
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a drill press to countersink holes so that the finished holes would be flush. He was adjusting the height of the machine when his glove made contact with the spindle. The glove ripped on the spindle, and his right middle and ring fingers made contact with the point of operation. He suffered amputations to both fingertips.

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