# Amputations at RAFS of Ft. Walton Beach, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016087832` · 8/20/2016 · FORT WALTON BEACH, 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:** RAFS of Ft. Walton Beach, Inc.
- **Location:** 547 Mary Ester Cutoff NW, FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA, 32548
- **NAICS:** 722110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a knife to cut chicken when the knife cut his finger, resulting in the amputation of his left index fingertip (no bone loss).

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