# Amputations at KFH Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20201211303` · 12/1/2020 · DOTHAN, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Box cutters and razor knives
## Employer
- **Name:** KFH Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 2926 Columbia Highway, DOTHAN, ALABAMA, 36303
- **NAICS:** 314999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a utility knife to cut fire hose to length when the knife amputated the tip of his left thumb.

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