# Amputations at Didion Milling, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2017043327` · 4/12/2017 · CAMBRIA, 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:** Drills-powered
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Didion Milling, Inc
- **Location:** 501 S. Williams Street, CAMBRIA, WISCONSIN, 53923
- **NAICS:** 311211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was mixing mortar with a battery powered drill. The employee's glove was caught in the drill chuck pulling his hand into the drill resulting in amputation of the thumb.

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