# Amputations at The Kroger Company
> OSHA SIR `2020054561` · 5/16/2020 · IRVING, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** The Kroger Company
- **Location:** 515 S. McCarther, IRVING, TEXAS, 75060
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting meat on a meat saw. He slipped on a piece of fat on the ground and fell; his right middle finger came into contact with the blade and he suffered a partial fingertip amputation.

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