# Amputations at Hyundai Polytech America
> OSHA SIR `2016032311` · 3/16/2016 · EUFAULA, ALABAMA
## 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:** Hyundai Polytech America
- **Location:** 4 Hummingbird Ln, EUFAULA, ALABAMA, 36027
- **NAICS:** 336111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A maintenance employee had opened a bag of materials with a pocket knife. While attempting to close the knife, the blade shut on his left little fingertip, amputating it.

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