# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at FCC Pollock/US Penitentiary (USP)
> OSHA SIR `2024065641` · 6/24/2024 · POLLOCK, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Food slicers
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** FCC Pollock/US Penitentiary (USP)
- **Location:** 1000 AIRBASE ROAD, POLLOCK, LOUISIANA, 71467
- **NAICS:** 922140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing meat portions using a meat slicer when their left little finger contacted the blade and the fingertip was amputated.

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