# Amputations at Price Chopper
> OSHA SIR `2015052826` · 5/13/2015 · ALBANY, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Food slicers
## Employer
- **Name:** Price Chopper
- **Location:** 1892 Central Avenue, ALBANY, NEW YORK, 12205
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a meat slicer and did not realize that the machine blade was spinning. She amputated her middle and ring fingertips on her right hand.

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