# Amputations at Westgate Vacation Villas Resort & Spa
> OSHA SIR `2015129536` · 12/16/2015 · KISSIMMEE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** Westgate Vacation Villas Resort & Spa
- **Location:** 7700 Westgate Blvd., KISSIMMEE, FLORIDA, 34747
- **NAICS:** 721110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a carrot with a knife 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*