# Amputations at Security Management Systems Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017032694` · 3/23/2017 · BRONX, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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:** Drills-powered
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Security Management Systems Inc.
- **Location:** 2225 Lacombe Avenue, BRONX, NEW YORK, 10473
- **NAICS:** 561621
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee wearing gloves was drilling a hole in an exterior wall when the drill became jammed. While trying to unjam the drill, the employee's left pinky was caught and amputated by the rotating drill bit.

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