# Amputations at G & W Electric
> OSHA SIR `2019010636` · 1/18/2019 · BOLINGBROOK, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Drills-stationary
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** G & W Electric
- **Location:** 305 W. Crossroads Parkway, BOLINGBROOK, ILLINOIS, 60440
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was showing another employee how to perform a process on a drill press and moving shavings away from the drilled area when the employee's glove was caught in the press. The employee's left ring fingertip was amputated.

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