# Amputations at Summit Food Service
> OSHA SIR `2023098169` · 9/5/2023 · NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Grates
## Employer
- **Name:** Summit Food Service
- **Location:** New Orleans Parish - Summit Food Service, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, 70119
- **NAICS:** 452319
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning out a drain in the kitchen located in front of kettles. He lifted the drain cover grate and it amputated his left middle fingertip.

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