# Amputations at Whole Foods Market, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20191011055` · 10/23/2019 · CHAPPAQUA, NEW YORK
## 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:** Whole Foods Market, Inc.
- **Location:** 480 N. Bedford Rd., CHAPPAQUA, NEW YORK, 10514
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a veal shank using a bandsaw when the shank bone slipped. The employee's thumb was then cut by the bandsaw, resulting in a partial right thumb amputation.

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