# Amputations at Shaws Supermarkets
> OSHA SIR `2017054586` · 5/20/2017 · MILFORD, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Shaws Supermarkets
- **Location:** 93 Prospect St, MILFORD, MASSACHUSETTS, 01757
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting bone-in pork on a band saw. When he fed the product into the blade, it kicked out and rolled below the height of the guard, bringing his hand into contact with the blade and partially amputating his finger.

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