# Amputations at Sams Club
> OSHA SIR `2016098567` · 9/10/2016 · CHEEKTOWAGA, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Sams Club
- **Location:** 3735 Union Road, CHEEKTOWAGA, NEW YORK, 14225
- **NAICS:** 452910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a vertical meat cutting bandsaw to cut short ribs. The employee's glove became caught in the working section of the sawblade, resulting in the amputation of the left ring and little fingertips.

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