# Amputations at Whole Foods Maket
> OSHA SIR `2016088134` · 8/30/2016 · MASON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Banding, baling, strapping machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Whole Foods Maket
- **Location:** 5805 Deerfield Blvd, MASON, OHIO, 45040
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was feeding banding material into the baler and pinched a finger between the baler and the chain amputating the fingertip.

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