# Amputations at Cooper Power Systems, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016032153` · 3/11/2016 · WAUKESHA, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Handtools-nonpowered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Cooper Power Systems, LLC
- **Location:** 1319 E. Lincoln Ave., WAUKESHA, WISCONSIN, 53186
- **NAICS:** 335999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's thumb was pinched when a crimp tool actuated. The accident resulted in the amputation of the employee's thumb tip.

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