# Amputations at Mountainview Thoroughbred Racing Association
> OSHA SIR `2015052674` · 5/6/2015 · GRANTVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Cutting handtools-nonpowered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Mountainview Thoroughbred Racing Association
- **Location:** 777 Hollywood Boulevard, GRANTVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 17028
- **NAICS:** 713210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee in the steakhouse kitchen was using a mandolin slicer to slice a potato.  While using  the slicer, the employee amputated the tip of his right index finger (no bone).

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