# Amputations at Valley Smoke Restaurant, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `2021119626` · 11/7/2021 · PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Valley Smoke Restaurant, LLC.
- **Location:** 11 South Roscoe Boulevard, PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FLORIDA, 32082
- **NAICS:** 722511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On November 7, 2021, an employee was cutting peppers using a dicer machine. He changed the blade, turned on the machine, and put the peppers back into the machine when the blade contacted his right middle and index fingertips. The employee suffered an amputation without bone loss on his index fingertip and an amputation with bone loss on his middle fingertip.

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