# Amputations at Big 8 Store #69
> OSHA SIR `2017010523` · 1/17/2017 · EL PASO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
- **Secondary source:** Meat, poultry, seafood
## Employer
- **Name:** Big 8 Store #69
- **Location:** 9817 Dyer Street, EL PASO, TEXAS, 79924
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting frozen meat with a band saw. The meat moved and the employee's fingers contacted the saw blade resulting in a partial amputation of two fingers on the right hand. The saw was not guarded at the time.

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