# Amputations at Defense Commissary Agency(DeCA)
> OSHA SIR `2015020870` · 2/28/2015 · EGLIN AFB, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Defense Commissary Agency(DeCA)
- **Location:** 1511 Memorial Trail Road, Suite 1, EGLIN AFB, FLORIDA, 32542
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employee was using a band saw in the commissary's butcher shop area to process meat for resale when he amputated the tip of his left thumb.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*