# Amputations at PFI Alabaster, Inc
> OSHA SIR `20171111072` · 11/17/2017 · ALABASTER, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Food slicers
## Employer
- **Name:** PFI Alabaster, Inc
- **Location:** 100 S Colonial Drive, ALABASTER, ALABAMA, 35007
- **NAICS:** 722211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was slicing meat with a meat slicer when his right thumb came in contact with the blade and was severely lacerated, later requiring surgical amputation.

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