# Amputations at Sunrise Foods, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015086227` · 8/28/2015 · DALLAS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Meat grinders
## Employer
- **Name:** Sunrise Foods, LLC
- **Location:** 10310 Zodiac Lane, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75229
- **NAICS:** 424490
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a meat grinder. He turned the machine off and reached up under the guard and into die because he thought meat was stuck in the die.  The blade hadn't completely stopped and his finger was amputated just above the cuticle.

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