# Amputations at Michels Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20191011202` · 10/27/2019 · PAPILLION, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Entangled in other object or equipment
- **Source:** Bags, sacks
- **Secondary source:** Drills-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Michels Corporation
- **Location:** 66th and Centenial Rd, PAPILLION, NEBRASKA, 68133
- **NAICS:** 237120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was painting a 4" pipe when he tried to clean the residual paint off the paint mixer drill bit attachment. He was using a nylon sack to wipe the excess paint off when the drill was inadvertently activated. His left pinky finger became wrapped in the nylon sack material, resulting in a finger amputation.

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