# Amputations at Price Chopper
> OSHA SIR `2016054386` · 5/19/2016 · RICHFIELD SPRINGS, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Food slicers
## Employer
- **Name:** Price Chopper
- **Location:** 1 Main Street, RICHFIELD SPRINGS, NEW YORK, 13439
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 5/19/16, at 7:56 PM, an employee amputated his fingernail and thumb tip (no bone loss) with a meat slicer. The employee was wearing one set of cut-resistant gloves at the time of the incident.

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