# Amputations at DAIKIN AMERICA, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2018099554` · 9/15/2018 · DECATUR, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** DAIKIN AMERICA, INC.
- **Location:** 905 STATE DOCKS ROAD, DECATUR, ALABAMA, 35601
- **NAICS:** 325211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a ratcheting air tool to remove bolts from a tower when the employee's left third finger was caught in the tool, resulting in an amputation of the distal phalanx.

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