# Amputations at Safeway/Alberstons
> OSHA SIR `2015041919` · 4/11/2015 · COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Food slicers
## Employer
- **Name:** Safeway/Alberstons
- **Location:** 7055 Austin Bluffs Pkwy, COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO, 80918
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee amputated his thumb while sharpening a meat slicer. Guards were not in place at the time of the incident.

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