# Amputations at Empire Packing Company, L.P.
> OSHA SIR `2018088151` · 8/9/2018 · CINCINNATI, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Empire Packing Company, L.P.
- **Location:** 113 Circle Freeway Drive, CINCINNATI, OHIO, 45246
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a band saw to cut meat when the saw amputated the employee's right middle and ring fingertips.

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