# Amputations at Bo's Pallets, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016031961` · 3/4/2016 · ADAIRSVILLE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Bo's Pallets, Inc.
- **Location:** 2427 Highway 140, ADAIRSVILLE, GEORGIA, 30103
- **NAICS:** 321920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a dismantler to pull the boards of a pallet apart. His hand became caught in the pallet, and he was unable to remove his hand before the pallet went through the blade of the dismantler. His pinky fingertip was amputated.

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