# Amputations at AJ Seabra Supermarket VI, Inc
> OSHA SIR `20171212188` · 12/24/2017 · ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **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:** AJ Seabra Supermarket VI, Inc
- **Location:** 1000 S. Elmora Ave, ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY, 07202
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting meat with a band saw when his left hand slipped. The band saw then lacerated his left index and middle fingers, and his middle finger 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*