# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Cosmos Manufacturing, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024032693` · 3/26/2024 · SOUTH CHICAGO HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Gloves, handguards  except disposable, electric insulating
## Employer
- **Name:** Cosmos Manufacturing, Inc.
- **Location:** 111 E. 34th Street, SOUTH CHICAGO HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS, 60411
- **NAICS:** 336399
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing the chain on a chain breaker machine when the glove on their right hand was caught in the wheel and their thumb was pulled into the machine. Their right thumb was amputated just below the nail bed.

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