# Crushing injuries at Clm Pallet Recycling, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016098885` · 9/19/2016 · MAUMELLE, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Clm Pallet Recycling, Inc.
- **Location:** 701 Carnahan Dr, Maumelle, MAUMELLE, ARKANSAS, 72113
- **NAICS:** 423310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repairing wooden pallets and placing the chain back on the sprocket when his left hand became stuck between the moving chain and sprocket, crushing and severely lacerating multiple fingers on his left hand.

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