# Amputations at Syncom Space Services, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019099514` · 9/11/2019 · STENNIS SPACE CENTER, MISSISSIPPI
## 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:** Syncom Space Services, LLC
- **Location:** Building 1100, STENNIS SPACE CENTER, MISSISSIPPI, 39529
- **NAICS:** 561210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a manual guillotine cutter to cut plastic tags and cut their left thumb, resulting in a thumb tip amputation.

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