# Amputations at Pret A Manger
> OSHA SIR `2015118373` · 11/6/2015 · NEW YORK, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Food slicers
## Employer
- **Name:** Pret A Manger
- **Location:** 50 Broadway, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10004
- **NAICS:** 722515
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was slicing cucumbers when he dropped a cucumber into the slicer. He attempted to grab the cucumber with his left hand when the slicer blade lacerated his left index finger.

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