# Amputations at Albertsons #0719
> OSHA SIR `2016032397` · 3/20/2016 · LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **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:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Albertsons #0719
- **Location:** 4400 Ambassador Caffery, LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA, 70508
- **NAICS:** 424410
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a pallet jack when her finger became pinned between the handle of the pallet jack and a pallet that was behind her. Her right little finger was amputated at the top joint.

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