# Amputations at El Rancho Supermercado
> OSHA SIR `2023109513` · 10/14/2023 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** El Rancho Supermercado
- **Location:** 11210 North Freeway, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77037
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a band saw to cut meat when two of his left-hand fingers contacted the blade resulting in a partial amputation.

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