# Amputations at Whole Foods Market
> OSHA SIR `2022043467` · 4/21/2022 · NEWTOWN SQUARE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Cutting handtools-nonpowered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Whole Foods Market
- **Location:** 3737 West Chester Pike, NEWTOWN SQUARE, PENNSYLVANIA, 19073
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a manual paper cutter when it amputated the tip of his left thumb.

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