# Amputations at T.G Meat Center, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021075418` · 7/2/2021 · EAST BERNARD, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** T.G Meat Center, LLC
- **Location:** 508 Wallace St, EAST BERNARD, TEXAS, 77435
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting meat on a bandsaw when a piece of frozen meat became caught on the teeth of the blade and jerked the safety plate, which forced the employee's hand into the blade. The employee sustained an amputation to the right ring finger.

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