# Amputations at OHIO VALLEY PIGGLY WIGGLY
> OSHA SIR `2019044034` · 4/19/2019 · GALLIPOLIS, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** OHIO VALLEY PIGGLY WIGGLY
- **Location:** 1129 JACKSON PIKE, GALLIPOLIS, OHIO, 45631
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a meat cuber when the employee's glove was caught in the cuber, pulling the employee's left hand into the cuber and resulting in a ring finger amputation at the first knuckle.

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