# Amputations at Legacy Vinyl Windows
> OSHA SIR `2016054196` · 5/14/2016 · CARROLLTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Racks-garment and other
- **Secondary source:** Pallet jack-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Legacy Vinyl Windows
- **Location:** 1813 Kelly Boulevard, CARROLLTON, TEXAS, 75006
- **NAICS:** 339999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a glass rack with a pallet jack. While lowering the rack of glass, the employee had the handle of the pallet jack in a vertical position. When the rack was lowered, the employee's thumb was caught and partially amputated between the rack and the handle of the pallet jack.

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