# Amputations at Tex-Trude Holdings
> OSHA SIR `2017054208` · 5/9/2017 · CHANNELVIEW, 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:** Box cutters and razor knives
## Employer
- **Name:** Tex-Trude Holdings
- **Location:** 2001 Sheldon Road, CHANNELVIEW, TEXAS, 77530
- **NAICS:** 326112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a safety knife or a box cutter to cut rolls of film that were coming out of a machine when the blade amputated his left middle fingertip (skin only).

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