# Amputations at New Albertson's, Inc., dba Jewel Food Store 3425
> OSHA SIR `2016099046` · 9/24/2016 · DES PLAINES, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** New Albertson's, Inc., dba Jewel Food Store 3425
- **Location:** 1500 S. Lee Street, DES PLAINES, ILLINOIS, 60018
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a whole piece of loin into steaks when the bone of the loin caught the saw blade and drew the employee's left index finger into the blade, amputating it.

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