# Amputations involving bone loss at Sweet Lou 's
> OSHA SIR `2024087321` · 8/9/2024 · COEUR D ALENE, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Meat grinders
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Sweet Lou 's
- **Location:** 601 E Front St, COEUR D ALENE, IDAHO, 83814
- **NAICS:** 722511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was grinding beef using a meat grinder when their hand was caught in the machine, resulting in amputations to three fingers.

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