# Amputations at ACCREDO PACKAGING, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2015042121` · 4/19/2015 · SUGAR LAND, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Knives, unspecified or n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** ACCREDO PACKAGING, INC.
- **Location:** 12682 CARDINAL MEADOW DR., SUGAR LAND, TEXAS, 77479
- **NAICS:** 326113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee was utilizing a knife to cut a plastic roll and amputated the tip of his left thumb.

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