# Amputations at A LA CARTE FOODS PROPERTIES, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023109881` · 10/25/2023 · BELLE ROSE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** A LA CARTE FOODS PROPERTIES, LLC
- **Location:** 278 IDEAL STREET, BELLE ROSE, LOUISIANA, 70341
- **NAICS:** 311999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was grinding artichokes in a grinding machine. She turned the machine off and went to remove artichoke debris from the spout when the blade amputated her right middle fingertip.

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