# Amputations at Messina's Catering & Events
> OSHA SIR `20231110384` · 11/10/2023 · WESTWEGO, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **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:** Messina's Catering & Events
- **Location:** 2000 Segnette Blvd, WESTWEGO, LOUISIANA, 70094
- **NAICS:** 722320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting lettuce when the knife slipped, resulting in a partial amputation to the left ring finger. The employee was hospitalized.

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