# Amputations at Brookshire Grocery Company
> OSHA SIR `2019077294` · 7/17/2019 · MOUNT PLEASANT, 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:** Brookshire Grocery Company
- **Location:** 602 Jefferson Park, MOUNT PLEASANT, TEXAS, 75455
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a meat band saw to cut some pork when his hand slipped and went into the saw blade, resulting in a right thumb amputation.

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