# Amputations at PALLETONE, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2017088119` · 8/23/2017 · HAZLEHURST, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Boring, routing, notching machines
## Employer
- **Name:** PALLETONE, INC.
- **Location:** 566 Baxley Hwy, HAZLEHURST, GEORGIA, 31539
- **NAICS:** 321920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to unjam boards that were fed into a notcher when a board slammed against his right hand, partially amputating his middle finger.

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