# Amputations at NAVAJO MANUFACTURING
> OSHA SIR `2017054578` · 5/19/2017 · DENVER, COLORADO
## 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:** NAVAJO MANUFACTURING
- **Location:** 5330 FOX ST., DENVER, COLORADO, 80216
- **NAICS:** 339999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting thin plastic sheets using an office-style paper cutter when the cutter amputated his left thumb tip.

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