# Amputations at Whole Foods Market Group, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016043197` · 4/16/2016 · HADLEY, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Knives, unspecified or n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Whole Foods Market Group, Inc.
- **Location:** 327 Russell Street, HADLEY, MASSACHUSETTS, 01035
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While an employee was cutting product in the deli, the employee's knife came into contact with a hole in the employee's glove, amputating the left middle fingertip and fingernail.

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