# Amputations at Brookshire Grocery Company
> OSHA SIR `20181112048` · 11/25/2018 · TEXARKANA, TEXAS
## 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:** Brookshire Grocery Company
- **Location:** 2610 Richmond Road, TEXARKANA, TEXAS, 75503
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a bandsaw to trim meat from a bone. The blade amputated his left index finger.

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