# Amputations at Federal Bureau of Prisons-MCC San Diego
> OSHA SIR `2020021468` · 2/13/2020 · SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Food slicers
## Employer
- **Name:** Federal Bureau of Prisons-MCC San Diego
- **Location:** 808 Union Street, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, 92101
- **NAICS:** 922140
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

On February 13, 2020, an employee was slicing cucumbers with a meat slicer. The machine amputated the tip of his right thumb.

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