# Amputations at DAVID R. NORTHUP, ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS
> OSHA SIR `2017043263` · 4/11/2017 · HOLYOKE, MASSACHUSETTS
## 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:** Cutting handtools-power not determined, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** DAVID R. NORTHUP, ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS
- **Location:** 282 Cabot St, HOLYOKE, MASSACHUSETTS, 01040
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On April 11, 2017, an employee was cutting wire with a hand-held cable cutter and suffered a partial amputation of the right thumb.

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