# Amputations at Kellex, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017109797` · 10/11/2017 · TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Kellex, Inc.
- **Location:** 121 N. Industrial Road, TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI, 38801
- **NAICS:** 337127
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting fabric with an electric knife when his left hand slipped and struck the moving knife blade. He suffered a soft skin amputation to the left middle finger.

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