# Amputations at Federal Prison Beaumont
> OSHA SIR `2017099228` · 9/26/2017 · BEAUMONT, TEXAS
## 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
## Employer
- **Name:** Federal Prison Beaumont
- **Location:** 5560 Knauch Rd, BEAUMONT, TEXAS, 77705
- **NAICS:** 922140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a meat slicer to cut tomatoes when the machine cut and amputated the employee's right thumb tip.

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