# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at FEMCO, Inc. dba The Finger Companies
> OSHA SIR `2024109753` · 10/20/2024 · SCHAUMBURG, ILLINOIS
## 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:** Plumbing augers, snakes
- **Secondary source:** Gloves, handguards  except disposable, electric insulating
## Employer
- **Name:** FEMCO, Inc. dba The Finger Companies
- **Location:** 2500 Brush Road, SCHAUMBURG, ILLINOIS, 60173
- **NAICS:** 531110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a rooter to clear a blockage in a kitchen sink. As he was working the rooter into the drain, his glove was caught in the machine. He suffered a degloving to the skin of the right little finger, as well as an amputation to the fingertip.

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