# Amputations at Manpower
> OSHA SIR `2015118716` · 11/18/2015 · BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Manpower
- **Location:** 2785 Commerce Dr., BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA, 18015
- **NAICS:** 561320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was stacking pallets and used his left hand to prevent the stack of pallets from falling over.  The employee suffered a thumb tip amputation and compound fracture of the left hand.

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