# Amputations at Sub-Zero, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016088009` · 8/25/2016 · MADISON, WISCONSIN
## 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:** Turning handtools-powered, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Sub-Zero, Inc.
- **Location:** 6061 Basswood Drive, MADISON, WISCONSIN, 53719
- **NAICS:** 335222
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was reversing the right-angle pneumatic driver equipped with a tapping bit when the driver caught his glove and twisted it around the tapping bit, damaging his left pinky finger. The pinky finger was amputated at the first joint in the emergency room.

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