# Amputations involving bone loss at MOESLE MEAT COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2024099044` · 9/27/2024 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thumb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** MOESLE MEAT COMPANY
- **Location:** 5115 S. Millard Avenue, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60632
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A band saw operator was cutting pork when his thumb was pulled toward the saw and amputated.

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