# Amputations at Dirks Heating & Cooling, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021075739` · 7/13/2021 · CUMBERLAND, WISCONSIN
## 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:** Drills-powered
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Dirks Heating & Cooling, Inc.
- **Location:** 955 1ST AVENUE, CUMBERLAND, WISCONSIN, 54829
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On July 13, 2021, an employee was drilling a hole for piping in a concrete wall using a core drill. The employee's gloves caught the shaft of the core drill causing a partial amputation to the left index finger and lacerations to the left middle and ring fingers.

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