# Amputations at Lewis Food Town, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171211835` · 12/13/2017 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Lewis Food Town, Inc.
- **Location:** 3316 South Shaver, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77054
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting meat using a band saw when the blade cut the bottom of his right index fingertip below the nail. His fingertip had to be surgically amputated.

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