# Amputations at Safeway
> OSHA SIR `2023098603` · 9/18/2023 · LOVELAND, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Knives, unspecified or n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Safeway
- **Location:** 1451 West Eisenhower Boulevard, LOVELAND, COLORADO, 80537
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was getting the department set up for the day. He opened a package of frozen meat patties and began to pry them apart using a knife. The knife slipped and amputated the distal pad of his left middle finger.

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