# Amputations at Rhode Island School of Design
> OSHA SIR `2020088269` · 8/31/2020 · PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Food slicers
## Employer
- **Name:** Rhode Island School of Design
- **Location:** 2 College Street, PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, 02903
- **NAICS:** 611310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a meat slicer in the kitchen area that was powered off when his left middle finger struck the blade, resulting in a partial finger amputation (skin only).

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