# Amputations at Alpha Grocery Company, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20171212388` · 12/31/2017 · SAINT BERNARD, OHIO
## 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:** Alpha Grocery Company, LLC
- **Location:** 4950 Vine St., SAINT BERNARD, OHIO, 45217
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting pig's feet on a vertical band saw with a boning blade. The employee's hand was pushing the pig's feet into the blade when it amputated the employee's right thumb.

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