# Amputations at Empire Packing Company, LP
> OSHA SIR `20190910037` · 9/25/2019 · MASON, OHIO
## 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:** Food slicers
## Employer
- **Name:** Empire Packing Company, LP
- **Location:** 4780 Alliance Dr., MASON, OHIO, 45040
- **NAICS:** 424470
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting pork on a slicer. The blade caught the employee's glove/finger, causing a partial amputation to the employee's right index finger.

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