# Amputations at Blue Goose Supermarket Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019077389` · 7/19/2019 · SAINT CHARLES, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Food slicers
## Employer
- **Name:** Blue Goose Supermarket Inc.
- **Location:** 300 S. 2nd Street, SAINT CHARLES, ILLINOIS, 60174
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning and sharpening a meat slicer blade when it contacted the employee's right index finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation. The meat slicer was not locked out at the time of the incident.

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