# Amputations at Palleton, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017032885` · 3/30/2017 · FREMONT, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Boring, routing, notching machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Palleton, Inc.
- **Location:** 208 E. Jackson St., FREMONT, NEBRASKA, 68025
- **NAICS:** 321920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing the notching machine when his left hand was amputated.

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