# Amputations at Affiliated Foods Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017098470` · 9/1/2017 · AMARILLO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **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:** Affiliated Foods Inc.
- **Location:** 1401 W. Farmers Ave., AMARILLO, TEXAS, 79118
- **NAICS:** 424410
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee attempted to get on his pallet truck to go in reverse when the handle swung out and caught his hand between the handle and the steel shelves in the perishable department causing approximately 3/25 inch tip of the pinky finger to be amputated.

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