# Amputations at Laclede Groves Lutheran Senior Services
> OSHA SIR `20161010227` · 10/23/2016 · SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Cutting handtools-power not determined, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Laclede Groves Lutheran Senior Services
- **Location:** 723 S. Laclede Station Road, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63119
- **NAICS:** 623311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting cucumbers on a slicer and amputated the tip of her right thumb.

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