# Amputations at Fleenor Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181213057` · 12/20/2018 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by handheld object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Cutting handtools-nonpowered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Fleenor Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 8718 W. Little York, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77040
- **NAICS:** 322299
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee operating a guillotine paper cutter amputated the top of the left middle finger while attempting to straighten 24" X 36" newspaper sheets that were being cut.

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