# Amputations at Wooden Pallets Ltd.
> OSHA SIR `2017043761` · 4/27/2017 · SILSBEE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Chippers
- **Secondary source:** Impact wrenches-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Wooden Pallets Ltd.
- **Location:** 3840 Henry Read Rd., SILSBEE, TEXAS, 77656
- **NAICS:** 321920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was tightening bolts on the back of a new blade for a wood chipper machine with an impact wrench when the employee's finger became caught between the blade and the washer on the back of the blade. The employee sustained amputation of the left index fingertip.

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