# Amputations at Star Wipers Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020076595` · 7/14/2020 · NEWARK, OHIO
## 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, unspecified or n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Star Wipers Inc.
- **Location:** 1125 East Main Street, NEWARK, OHIO, 43055
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a knife to cut sheets into rags when the knife cut their right thumb. The laceration resulted in amputation of the thumb tip.

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