# Amputations at Schuetz Container Systems
> OSHA SIR `2022064901` · 6/7/2022 · PERRYSBURG, OHIO
## 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:** Protective equipment, except clothing, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Schuetz Container Systems
- **Location:** 2105 South Wilkinson Way, PERRYSBURG, OHIO, 43551
- **NAICS:** 493190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a handheld drill to remove a screw between a cage and a pallet. The gauze of a previous non work-related injury to their fingers was caught in the rotating parts of the battery powered hand drill and pulled on the employee's ring and middle fingers, resulting in two fingertip amputations.

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