# Fractures at Whole Foods Market
> OSHA SIR `20181010369` · 10/7/2018 · EDGEWATER, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Whole Foods Market
- **Location:** 905 River Rd., EDGEWATER, NEW JERSEY, 07020
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At about 3:15-3:30 p.m. on October 7, 2018, an apprentice meat cutter at EGW was cutting lamb using a bandsaw. The saw blade hit a bone in the lamb, and the employee's hand was pulled into the blade. He suffered a laceration and fracture of his right index finger, and was hospitalized.

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