# Amputations at Trinity Health Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2021020930` · 2/2/2021 · WILMINGTON, DELAWARE
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Augers, plumbing snakes-powered
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Trinity Health Corporation
- **Location:** 701 N Clayton Street, WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, 19805
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working to unjam the cable of a plumbing machine when his rubber glove got caught on the cable and caused an amputation to his right middle finger.

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