# Amputations at Equity Group Eufaula Division, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016032058` · 3/7/2016 · BAKERHILL, ALABAMA
## 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:** Equity Group Eufaula Division, LLC
- **Location:** 57 Melvin Clark Rd., BAKERHILL, ALABAMA, 36027
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning up the area when he noticed a piece of meat on the frame of an overhead saw (tail cutter). The employee reached up to get the meat but contacted the blade instead, amputating his left index fingertip.

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