# Amputations at Defense Commissary Agency Ellsworth Air Force Base
> OSHA SIR `2023010333` · 1/11/2023 · ELLSWORTH AFB, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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:** Defense Commissary Agency Ellsworth Air Force Base
- **Location:** 2649 LeMay Boulevard, ELLSWORTH AFB, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57706
- **NAICS:** 928110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting meat using a bone saw. The employee went to shut off the saw when his hand slipped and his left middle and ring fingers were lacerated and amputated.

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