# Amputations at Transcedar Limited dba Motorad of America
> OSHA SIR `2016087204` · 8/4/2016 · MOUNT CARMEL, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **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:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** Transcedar Limited dba Motorad of America
- **Location:** 916 Empire St, MOUNT CARMEL, ILLINOIS, 62863
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While using an electric pallet jack to move a pallet between racks in the back warehouse, an employee's right thumb was smashed and partially amputated between the pallet jack handle and a warehouse rack.

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