# Amputations at Kroger
> OSHA SIR `2015010574` · 1/18/2015 · OLIVE BRANCH, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Food slicers
## Employer
- **Name:** Kroger
- **Location:** 7427 Goodman Rd., OLIVE BRANCH, MISSISSIPPI, 38654
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee reached around with her right hand to clean the front of the meat slicer and did not realize the slicer was on.  The tip of the employee's right index finger just below the fingernail was amputated. There was no bone loss.

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