# Amputations at Smiley Brothers, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022010001` · 1/1/2022 · NEW PALTZ, NEW YORK
## 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:** Smiley Brothers, Inc.
- **Location:** 1000 MOUNTAIN REST RD, NEW PALTZ, NEW YORK, 12561
- **NAICS:** 721110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was chopping vegetables with a heavy cutting knife when the knife contacted the tip of his left thumb, resulting in a partial amputation.

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