# Amputations at Landry's, Inc
> OSHA SIR `20181212589` · 12/7/2018 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by handheld object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Cutting handtools-nonpowered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Landry's, Inc
- **Location:** 1 Birdsall, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77077
- **NAICS:** 722210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a manual slicer to slice potatoes. A potato got jammed in the slicer and when the employee removed the potato, the slicer came down on their right middle finger resulting in amputation of the fingertip.

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