# Amputations at Jamestown Engine Plant Cummins, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015020277` · 2/16/2015 · LAKEWOOD, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
- **Secondary source:** Cases, cabinets, racks, shelves, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Jamestown Engine Plant Cummins, Inc.
- **Location:** 4720 Baker Street Extension, LAKEWOOD, NEW YORK, 14750
- **NAICS:** 332116
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employee was operating a powered pallet jack in a congested area with racks.  When the employee pushed down the handle on the pallet jack, to engage the device, the tip of his left index finger was caught between the rack edge and the handle resulting in an amputation injury.

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