# Amputations at Progreso LMMM Valley #6
> OSHA SIR `2023021142` · 2/4/2023 · HARLINGEN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Progreso LMMM Valley #6
- **Location:** 1221 North 7th Street, HARLINGEN, TEXAS, 78550
- **NAICS:** 445210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a large piece of frozen pork with a meat saw. The sawblade amputated his right index fingertip. He was hospitalized and underwent surgery.

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