# Amputations at Roberts Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015063658` · 6/13/2015 · FERRIDAY, LOUISIANA
## 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
- **Secondary source:** Meat, poultry, seafood
## Employer
- **Name:** Roberts Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 511 EE Wallace Blvd. N, FERRIDAY, LOUISIANA, 71334
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting meat using a table saw (meat slicer) when the meat slipped from his grasp, causing his hand to contact the blade. His thumb and index finger were severed, causing amputation, and two other fingers were lacerated.

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