# Amputations at Piggly Wiggly
> OSHA SIR `2021119656` · 11/8/2021 · INDEPENDENCE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Piggly Wiggly
- **Location:** 345 West Railroad Avenue, INDEPENDENCE, LOUISIANA, 70443
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting pork using a meat band saw. The meat slipped and the employee's right index finger was amputated at the first knuckle

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