# Amputations at Gordy's Chippewa South, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017066000` · 6/30/2017 · CHIPPEWA FALLS, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Gordy's Chippewa South, Inc.
- **Location:** 303 Prairie View Drive, CHIPPEWA FALLS, WISCONSIN, 54729
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On June 30, 2017, an employee was using a band saw to cut a frozen tube of ground beef into patties when the meat slipped and the employee's right hand contacted the blade, amputating the index finger just below the second knuckle.

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