# Amputations at T.G Meat Center, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022076316` · 7/19/2022 · EAST BERNARD, 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:** T.G Meat Center, LLC
- **Location:** 508 Wallace St, EAST BERNARD, TEXAS, 77435
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting frozen ribs on a band saw. The frozen meat kicked back and jerked the safety plate, which moved his left hand into the path of the blade. The blade cut the tip of his left thumb resulting in a partial amputation.

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