# Amputations at Tiger Drylac USA, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022064802` · 6/3/2022 · SAINT CHARLES, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Tiger Drylac USA, Inc.
- **Location:** 3945 Swenson Ave, SAINT CHARLES, ILLINOIS, 60174
- **NAICS:** 325510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was running a powered granular parch material into a hopper with a rotating auger at the bottom of the hopper. The employee's glove was caught by the auger pulling his hand into the auger screw and amputating two fingertips.

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