# Amputations at Kroger
> OSHA SIR `2015096492` · 9/9/2015 · LONGVIEW, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Knives, unspecified or n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Kroger
- **Location:** 701 West Marshall, LONGVIEW, TEXAS, 75601
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a watermelon with a knife when the watermelon rolled and caused the knife to slip. The employee's right middle finger was amputated.

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