# Amputations at The Cajun Company, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2020021405` · 2/12/2020 · LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA
## 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:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** The Cajun Company, Inc
- **Location:** 307 Wilcox Street, LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA, 70508
- **NAICS:** 238290
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing insulation. As she was drilling a hole into the metal insulation, her cut resistant gloves got caught in the drill bit and her left index finger was smashed between the drill bit and the metal insulation. Her left index fingertip was amputated.

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