# Amputations at Vanguard Environmental, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019043377` · 4/1/2019 · BROKEN ARROW, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **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:** Vanguard Environmental, Inc.
- **Location:** 4800 W. Quincy St., Ste. 101, BROKEN ARROW, OKLAHOMA, 74012
- **NAICS:** 541620
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting paper with a manual cutter. The cutter cut off the top of his left thumb to the bone, requiring surgery for a skin graft.

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