# Amputations at Ellsworth Commissary
> OSHA SIR `20201110474` · 11/4/2020 · ELLSWORTH AFB, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Ellsworth Commissary
- **Location:** 2649 Lemay Boulevard, ELLSWORTH AFB, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57706
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a bone-in saw to cut steaks. While he was securing the meat against the plate, the meat slipped and his left thumb came into contact with the sawblade. The blade amputated part of the thumb.

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