# Amputations at United Natural Foods Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021065126` · 6/23/2021 · WEST CHESTERFIELD, NEW HAMPSHIRE
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
## Employer
- **Name:** United Natural Foods Inc.
- **Location:** 71 STOW DRIVE, WEST CHESTERFIELD, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 03466
- **NAICS:** 424490
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a dock plate while making a delivery when their little finger got caught in the dock plate at the delivery site loading dock. The employee suffered a crush injury that resulted in surgery and a fingertip amputation.

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