# Amputations involving bone loss at Rathje Enterprises, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025021946` · 2/27/2025 · DECATUR, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** Threading, tapping machinery
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Rathje Enterprises, Inc.
- **Location:** 757 N Morgan Street, DECATUR, ILLINOIS, 62521
- **NAICS:** 811310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On February 27, 2025, at approximately 2:27 PM, an electrician was removing a 3/4-inch length of metal conduit from an electric pipe threader. The threading machine activated and amputated their left ring finger.

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