# Amputations at VISTA MARKETS
> OSHA SIR `2017109539` · 10/4/2017 · EL PASO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** VISTA MARKETS
- **Location:** 3920 DONIPHAN, EL PASO, TEXAS, 79922
- **NAICS:** 445230
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting meat with a band saw and amputated his fingertip just below the fingernail.

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