# Cuts, lacerations at Empowered Energy Systems LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016088236` · 8/31/2016 · HOTCHKISS, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Box cutters and razor knives
## Employer
- **Name:** Empowered Energy Systems LLC
- **Location:** 12125 Burritt Road, HOTCHKISS, COLORADO, 81419
- **NAICS:** 221114
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was opening boxes with a box cutter and lacerated their left thumb.

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