# Amputations at SAM'S CLUB
> OSHA SIR `2019088385` · 8/14/2019 · MAPLEWOOD, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** SAM'S CLUB
- **Location:** 2100 MAPLEWOOD COMMONS DRIVE, MAPLEWOOD, MISSOURI, 63143
- **NAICS:** 452910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting meat with a bandsaw. The saw cut his left middle finger. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery to amputate the fingertip.

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