Abstract: On October 7, 2005, Employee #1, received a degloving injury when his right thumb became caught in yarn that was being wrapped on a rotating spindle. The Employee was working for a company that manufactures yarn with various effects and colors for the knitting industry. During the processing of the yarn, some of the batches do not meet the quality control requirements. This rejected yarn, which has been previously wrapped on approximately 18' inch long bobbins (spools), needs to be removed in order to reuse the bobbins. To remove the yarn a rotating metal spindle is used. The spindle is approximately 10' inches long with a 3/4-inch diameter is connected to a motor which was mounted on a metal table about 3" feet high and controlled by an ON/OFF with switch. During this process, multiple rejected yarn bobbins are placed vertically on the floor and ends of the yarns from these bobbins is manually wrapped around the stationary metal spindle. Then the motor is turned on rotating the spindle and unwind the yarn off from the bobbins. After the yarn is completely transferred over to the spindle, the motor would be stopped and the yarn ball was slid off the spindle and thrown away. While Employee # 1 was unwinding the yarn onto the rotating metal spindle his right-thumb became caught in the moving yarn which resulted in a degloving injury. Employee #1 was hospitalized for 10 days and half of the right thumb was amputated.