# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Brakur Custom Cabinetry Inc
> OSHA SIR `2024098195` · 9/4/2024 · SHOREWOOD, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Machine guards
## Employer
- **Name:** Brakur Custom Cabinetry Inc
- **Location:** 18656 S. State Route 59, SHOREWOOD, ILLINOIS, 60404
- **NAICS:** 238350
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a pocket cutter machine that creates a pocket on the underside of wooden material for future screw installation. The employee operated the machine by foot control and the machine's clamping device (designed to apply pressure on top of the wood to hold in place), contacted the employee's right index fingertip resulting in amputation. The machine was guarded at the time.

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