# Amputations at Burgers Smokehouse
> OSHA SIR `2018099627` · 9/18/2018 · CALIFORNIA, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Burgers Smokehouse
- **Location:** 32819 HWY 87, CALIFORNIA, MISSOURI, 65018
- **NAICS:** 424470
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was slicing ham on a band saw when the ham became caught on the blade. The ham lifted and rotated sideways, causing the employee's hand to slip and contact the blade. The employee suffered a laceration/partial amputation to the left index finger and a small laceration to the left ring finger.

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