# Amputations at Giant Eagle
> OSHA SIR `2023043512` · 4/19/2023 · FREEDOM, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Giant Eagle
- **Location:** 2500 Lovi Road, FREEDOM, PENNSYLVANIA, 15042
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing ground meat from a meatball machine when her right middle finger was caught in the machine and approximately 1/4 of an inch of the fingertip was amputated.

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