# Amputations involving bone loss at Atlantic Restoration & Waterproofing, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024087609` · 8/19/2024 · WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Drills, braces, drivers
- **Secondary source:** Gloves, handguards  except disposable, electric insulating
## Employer
- **Name:** Atlantic Restoration & Waterproofing, Inc.
- **Location:** Williamsburg Tunnel on the Colonial Parkway, WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA, 23185
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was drilling holes with a hammer drill, vacuum bit, and vacuum. He was starting a new hole and grabbed the bit with his left hand between the vacuum attachment and the drill chuck. The drill continued to spin, catching his glove/little finger and wrapping it up, resulting in the amputation of the finger.

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