# Amputations at DOD Defense Commissary Agency
> OSHA SIR `20171111127` · 11/20/2017 · NORFOLK, VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Food slicers
## Employer
- **Name:** DOD Defense Commissary Agency
- **Location:** Norfolk Commissary, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, 23511
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was disassembling a meat cutting machine to clean it. The machine was still plugged in at the time, and a switch was triggered while the employee's hand was inside the cutting area. The machine's blade then amputated the employee's left middle fingertip (no bone loss).

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