# Amputations at Engineered Wall Systems Inc
> OSHA SIR `20171211683` · 12/8/2017 · BOULDER, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **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:** Engineered Wall Systems Inc
- **Location:** 325 Broadway, BOULDER, COLORADO, 80305
- **NAICS:** 332321
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was drilling weep holes in a window sash and drilled through the material and into his glove. The glove became entangled and torqued his thumb resulting in a complex fracture of the left thumb. A fingertip amputation was also noted.

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