# Amputations at Precision Plating Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20161111087` · 11/28/2016 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Drills-stationary
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Precision Plating Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 4123 W. Peterson Ave., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60646
- **NAICS:** 332813
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was drilling a bushing out of a part when his glove was caught on the rotating drill, pulling his hand into the drill and amputating the right index finger and middle fingertip.

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