# Amputations at Inteplast Group
> OSHA SIR `2017043037` · 4/4/2017 · LOLITA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Cutting handtools-nonpowered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Inteplast Group
- **Location:** 101 Inteplast Boulevard, LOLITA, TEXAS, 77971
- **NAICS:** 326111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a manual paper cutter and aligning the material to be cut when the cutter arm fell and lacerated the employee's left hand middle finger. The fingertip was amputated in order to close the wound.

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