# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at American Flooring, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2025010634` · 1/20/2025 · PITTSTON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Drills, braces, drivers
- **Secondary source:** Gloves, handguards  except disposable, electric insulating
## Employer
- **Name:** American Flooring, LLC
- **Location:** 180 Independence Drive, PITTSTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 18640
- **NAICS:** 321918
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a 7-foot long wire brush connected to a cordless drill while wearing gloves when their gloved hand was caught on the rotating wire brush. The employee sustained a medical amputation of their little fingertip.

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