# Amputations involving bone loss at Whole Foods Market
> OSHA SIR `2024109498` · 10/11/2024 · BROOKLYN, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Stationary saws  band
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Whole Foods Market
- **Location:** 238 Bedford Avenue, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, 11249
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting meat using a bandsaw. The meat slipped and the employee's right hand came into contact with the blade, which amputated his right index finger at the second knuckle.

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