# Cuts, lacerations at The Kroger Co.
> OSHA SIR `2018066177` · 6/22/2018 · CINCINNATI, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Food slicers
## Employer
- **Name:** The Kroger Co.
- **Location:** 969 Colrain Ave, CINCINNATI, OHIO, 45251
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was slicing a ham when the meat slicer cut the tip of their left little finger; the employee was hospitalized. The slicer's backplate was not in use at the time of the accident.

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