# Amputations at Michael Angelo's Gourmet Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017021869` · 2/18/2017 · AUSTIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Sealing, stapling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Michael Angelo's Gourmet Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 200 Michael Angelo Way, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78728
- **NAICS:** 311412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee amputated the tip of his thumb while cleaning a food sealer.

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