# Amputations at Simpson Performance Products Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021075788` · 7/15/2021 · NEW BRAUNFELS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Knives-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Simpson Performance Products Inc.
- **Location:** 328 FM 306, NEW BRAUNFELS, TEXAS, 78130
- **NAICS:** 315999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a circular pattern in cloth using an electric rotary cutter. The cloth got caught in the cutting tool's blade and the employee's hand was pulled into the tool. The employee's left index fingertip was amputated.

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