# Amputations at Kroger # 336
> OSHA SIR `2022010365` · 1/13/2022 · KATY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Kroger # 336
- **Location:** 22150 Westheimer Parkway, KATY, TEXAS, 77450
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a meat band saw to cut steaks when the tip of his left thumb contacted the saw blade, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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