# Amputations at Hy-Vee, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2017043206` · 4/9/2017 · SOUTH SIOUX CITY, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Food slicers
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Hy-Vee, Inc
- **Location:** 2501 Cornhusker Dr., SOUTH SIOUX CITY, NEBRASKA, 68776
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using the right hand to push meat across a meat slicer when the employee's vinyl glove was caught by the slicer blade, pulling the employee's right thumb into the blade. The employee's right thumb tip was amputated along with part of the thumbnail.

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