# Amputations at HEB, LP.
> OSHA SIR `2019076868` · 7/9/2019 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** HEB, LP.
- **Location:** 7755 W Bellfort, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77071
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a beef shank with a meat saw when a bone struck the blade causing the item to flip. The meat cutter blade caught the employee's right index finger and the employee sustained an amputation.

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