# Amputations at American Foods Groups LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018010394` · 1/12/2018 · GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** American Foods Groups LLC
- **Location:** 544 Acme Street, GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN, 54302
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was being trained to use the band saw. The employee knocked the blade of the saw with the meat, knocking it out of its guide. The employee used the meat hook in his hand to pull the moving blade back into its guide. The moving blade jerked the hook pulling his right index finger into the blade resulting in amputation at the first knuckle.

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