# Amputations at Emory University
> OSHA SIR `20181011031` · 10/25/2018 · ATLANTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Food slicers
## Employer
- **Name:** Emory University
- **Location:** 55 Peachtree Street NE, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30308
- **NAICS:** 611310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting meat in the cafeteria with a meat slicer when the meat slipped and fell. He reached to catch the meat and his thumb contacted the slicer blade, amputating the tip of his thumb.

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