# Amputations at SMC Powder Metallurgy Inc
> OSHA SIR `20171010175` · 10/24/2017 · GALETON, PENNSYLVANIA
## 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:** SMC Powder Metallurgy Inc
- **Location:** 1251 Route 6 West, GALETON, PENNSYLVANIA, 16922
- **NAICS:** 332117
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting cardboard with a box cutter when it 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*