# Amputations at Buckhead Meat Midwest Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019043874` · 4/16/2019 · HAMPSHIRE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Buckhead Meat Midwest Inc.
- **Location:** 200 Flannigan Road, HAMPSHIRE, ILLINOIS, 60140
- **NAICS:** 445210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On April 14, 2019, an employee was cutting the ends off frozen pork loins using a bandsaw. The blade amputated the tip of his left thumb.

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