# Amputations at H-E-B Grocery Company, LP
> OSHA SIR `2016021053` · 2/3/2016 · SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** H-E-B Grocery Company, LP
- **Location:** 4710 N. Pan Am Expressway, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 78218
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee was cutting shank meat using a band saw and amputated the fleshy tip of the right ring finger. The fingertip was reattached by outpatient surgical procedure.

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