# Amputations at Hamilton Precision Metals, Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `20181112287` · 11/30/2018 · LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **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:** Hamilton Precision Metals, Incorporated
- **Location:** 1780 Rohrerstown Road, LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, 17601
- **NAICS:** 331491
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a manual, lever-style paper cutter to cut lintless wiper tiles to size when his left thumb went over the bar. The paper cutter blade then cut his left thumb tip, resulting in an amputation from the base of the nail through the front tip of the thumb.

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