# Amputations at COMPASS GROUP
> OSHA SIR `2020010959` · 1/29/2020 · SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Knives, unspecified or n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** COMPASS GROUP
- **Location:** 6515 Wyndown Blvd., SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63105
- **NAICS:** 722320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting bacon with a 10-inch chef's knife when the blade lacerated the employee's left thumb, resulting in a suspected amputation of the thumb tip.

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