# Amputations at Gateway Extrusions, Ltd.
> OSHA SIR `2016077020` · 7/30/2016 · UNION, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Box cutters and razor knives
## Employer
- **Name:** Gateway Extrusions, Ltd.
- **Location:** 704 W Park Rd,, UNION, MISSOURI, 63084
- **NAICS:** 331316
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a utility knife to cut cardboard strips out of a full sheet of cardboard and amputated the left ring fingertip.

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