# Amputations at Howard Technlogy Solutions
> OSHA SIR `2016053799` · 5/5/2016 · ELLISVILLE, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Skids, pallets
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Howard Technlogy Solutions
- **Location:** 36 Howard Drive, ELLISVILLE, MISSISSIPPI, 39437
- **NAICS:** 334111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was stacking pallets when his finger was caught in between two pallets, amputating the fingertip.

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