# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Home Market Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20241110569` · 11/12/2024 · NORWOOD, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Meat grinders
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Home Market Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 140 Morgan Drive, NORWOOD, MASSACHUSETTS, 02062
- **NAICS:** 311412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was rinsing a grinder machine. Their hand contacted the rotating auger while removing a piece of meat and the auger blade amputated a fingertip.

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