# Amputations at The Kroger Company
> OSHA SIR `2021097642` · 9/6/2021 · URBANA, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** The Kroger Company
- **Location:** 1637 East US Highway 36, URBANA, OHIO, 43078
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting bone-in ribeyes on a meat saw. A piece of meat twisted and pulled his right hand into the saw, which amputated the tip of the thumb and lacerated the index finger.

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