# Amputations at Hutchinson Industries
> OSHA SIR `2023109894` · 10/26/2023 · TRENTON, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Turning handtools-powered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Hutchinson Industries
- **Location:** 63 North Olden Avenue, TRENTON, NEW JERSEY, 08638
- **NAICS:** 336390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a driver mounted on a flex arm to torque nuts onto studs on wheel assemblies. The employee's gloved left hand slipped off the non-rotating speed collar and became caught on the rotating driver shaft. The employee's distal phalanx on their left thumb was amputated.

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