# Amputations at DG Foods, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015053272` · 5/29/2015 · HAZLEHURST, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
- **Secondary source:** Tables, worktables
## Employer
- **Name:** DG Foods, LLC
- **Location:** 1095 Industrial Drive, HAZLEHURST, MISSISSIPPI, 39083
- **NAICS:** 112320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was transporting boxes of chicken tenders with a pallet jack. The load shifted and pinned the employee's finger between a stainless steel table and the pallet jack handle, amputating the top end of the right thumb.

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