# Amputations at Ash Pallet Management, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016043309` · 4/20/2016 · ANTIOCH, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Ash Pallet Management, Inc.
- **Location:** 61 McMillen Rd., ANTIOCH, ILLINOIS, 60002
- **NAICS:** 321920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a piece of jammed wood from the chop saw when his right-hand pinky finger was amputated by the blade.

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