# Amputations at Kroger Limited Partnership I
> OSHA SIR `20161110634` · 11/11/2016 · LAUREL, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
- **Secondary source:** Meat, poultry, seafood
## Employer
- **Name:** Kroger Limited Partnership I
- **Location:** 2340 Hwy. 15 North, LAUREL, MISSISSIPPI, 39440
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was slicing four sirloin tip roasts on a bandsaw when the roast jerked and pulled his right ring finger into the sawblade, partially amputating his fingertip.

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