# Avulsions, enucleations at TOPS Friendly Markets #250
> OSHA SIR `2023098421` · 9/12/2023 · BUFFALO, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Food slicers
## Employer
- **Name:** TOPS Friendly Markets #250
- **Location:** 1275 Jefferson Avenue, BUFFALO, NEW YORK, 14208
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a deli slicer to cut meat. After finishing this task, the employee went to remove the loaf of meat from the slicer when his right middle finger contacted the blade. The employee sustained a laceration and avulsion.

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