# Amputations at Stahler-Meyer Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20211210699` · 12/13/2021 · MADISON, FLORIDA
## 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:** Stahler-Meyer Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 294 SW Harvey Green Drive, MADISON, FLORIDA, 32340
- **NAICS:** 424470
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On December 13, 2021, an employee was operating a meat bandsaw. He had just finished cutting some meat, and then turned away from the bandsaw to gather more meat, when his right index finger contacted the blade. He suffered an amputation just below the first knuckle.

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