# Amputations at CONSENTINO'S FOOD STORES
> OSHA SIR `2015021255` · 2/9/2015 · INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI
## 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:** CONSENTINO'S FOOD STORES
- **Location:** 18001 E US 24 HWY, INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI, 64056
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employee cut the tip of his finger with a knife when he was opening the plastic of a pallet.  He sustained a laceration to the middle finger on his right hand.

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