# Amputations at Kroger # 396
> OSHA SIR `2015129372` · 12/10/2015 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Kroger # 396
- **Location:** 6350 N. Eldridge Pkwy, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77041
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On December 10, 2015, at approximately 3:00 PM, an employee was processing/cutting meat in the production room with a meat saw. The employee's hand slipped off and his right index fingertip was amputated.

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