# Amputations at Alpine Fire Sprinklers, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017054146` · 5/8/2017 · COEUR D ALENE, IDAHO
## 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:** Wrenches-power not determined
## Employer
- **Name:** Alpine Fire Sprinklers, Inc.
- **Location:** 418 Lakeside Avenue, COEUR D ALENE, IDAHO, 83814
- **NAICS:** 922160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a wrench to remove a fitting from a pipe when his pinky finger was caught and amputated between the pipe and the wrench.

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