# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at The Heil Co
> OSHA SIR `2024099123` · 9/30/2024 · FORT PAYNE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Drilling machines, drill apparatus
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** The Heil Co
- **Location:** 106 45th Street NE, FORT PAYNE, ALABAMA, 35967
- **NAICS:** 336211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was tightening a drill bit using a chuck key when the chuck key struck their left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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