# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Watlow Electric Manufacturing Co.
> OSHA SIR `2024032132` · 3/8/2024 · HANNIBAL, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Stationary drills, milling machinery
- **Secondary source:** Gloves, handguards  except disposable, electric insulating
## Employer
- **Name:** Watlow Electric Manufacturing Co.
- **Location:** 6 Industrial Loop Rd., HANNIBAL, MISSOURI, 63401
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working with a drill press when the glove on his right hand got caught on the bit and his hand was pulled into it, resulting in the amputation of the tip of his little finger and a fracture to his ring fingertip requiring surgery to repair.

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