# Amputations at FBC of Lafayette
> OSHA SIR `2018010658` · 1/20/2018 · LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Food slicers
## Employer
- **Name:** FBC of Lafayette
- **Location:** 720 west Simcoe St., LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA, 70508
- **NAICS:** 31181
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to remove bread from an outer slicer blade. She swiped at the debris and her left index finger contacted the outside bread slicer blade, amputating her left index fingertip.

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