# Amputations at ARAMARK
> OSHA SIR `2017032317` · 3/13/2017 · GROTON, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **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:** ARAMARK
- **Location:** Building 88 Main Cafeteria, GROTON, CONNECTICUT, 06340
- **NAICS:** 722310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting chicken with a knife when he amputated approximately 1/4" of his left thumb tip.

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