# Amputations at KLLM TRANSPORT SERVICES, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016099249` · 9/27/2016 · RICHLAND, MISSISSIPPI
## 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
- **Secondary source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** KLLM TRANSPORT SERVICES, LLC
- **Location:** 135 RIVERVIEW DRIVE, RICHLAND, MISSISSIPPI, 39218
- **NAICS:** 484121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a utility knife to scrape sealing seams on a tractor when the part he was holding slipped and the knife cut his right thumb tip. Proper PPE was not worn at the time of the incident.

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