# Amputations at Hy-Vee
> OSHA SIR `2021108918` · 10/16/2021 · INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Hy-Vee
- **Location:** 1525 East 23rd Street South, INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI, 64055
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was running meat through a powered tenderizer. The tenderizer caught the employee's glove and crushed the employee's little finger, which had to be medically amputated.

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