# Amputations at Minnkota Power
> OSHA SIR `2015030408` · 3/30/2015 · CENTER, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Wrenches-nonpowered
- **Secondary source:** Angle irons
## Employer
- **Name:** Minnkota Power
- **Location:** 3401 24th Street SW, CENTER, NORTH DAKOTA, 58530
- **NAICS:** 221112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loosening some bolts and had his wrench (left hand) against an angle iron (brace). The wrench spun and caught a finger between the angle iron and wrench.

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