# Amputations at Tops Markets, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020043964` · 4/29/2020 · CHEEKTOWAGA, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Tops Markets, LLC
- **Location:** 700 Thruway Plaza Drive, CHEEKTOWAGA, NEW YORK, 14225
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pressing meat into the glide toward the blade on a meat band saw when his left hand slipped and went into the saw blade. The employee suffered an amputation of the left pinky finger.

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