# Amputations at Maines Paper & Food Service, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017043688` · 4/25/2017 · GRETNA, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, unspecified
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Shopping cart, grocery carriage-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** Maines Paper & Food Service, Inc.
- **Location:** 197 West Banks Expressway, GRETNA, LOUISIANA, 70053
- **NAICS:** 424410
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading his grocery-delivering cart at a customer's location when he lost his footing while tipping the cart over and fell backwards. The loaded cart fell on his right thumb amputating it above the first knuckle.

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