# Amputations at United Furniture Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022010839` · 1/27/2022 · NETTLETON, MISSISSIPPI
## 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:** United Furniture Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 389 Main Street, NETTLETON, MISSISSIPPI, 38858
- **NAICS:** 337121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting fiber fill with a handheld circular blade fiber cutter when the rotating blade struck their right index finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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