# Amputations involving bone loss at JARCK Industries Inc. dba Erie Brush and Manufacturing Corp.
> OSHA SIR `2025043766` · 4/23/2025 · CHICAGO, 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:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Machine guards
## Employer
- **Name:** JARCK Industries Inc. dba Erie Brush and Manufacturing Corp.
- **Location:** 860 W Fletcher St., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60657
- **NAICS:** 339994
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a feathertipping machine, using it to feathertip the bristles of a handled brush. The employee's fingers became stuck in the machine, and the employee's little finger and ring fingertip were amputated. 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*