# Amputations at Sterling Boiler & Mechanical, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20161110927` · 11/21/2016 · GALLATIN, TENNESSEE
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Turning handtools-powered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Sterling Boiler & Mechanical, Inc.
- **Location:** 1499 Steam Plant Road, GALLATIN, TENNESSEE, 37066
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was using an electric torque gun to tighten bolts when his right thumb was caught and partially amputated between the gun and the steel.

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