# Amputations at Puckett Machinery Co.
> OSHA SIR `2018054569` · 5/10/2018 · HATTIESBURG, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Jacks
## Employer
- **Name:** Puckett Machinery Co.
- **Location:** 6751 HWY 49, HATTIESBURG, MISSISSIPPI, 39401
- **NAICS:** 423810
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was taking a pin from a heavy duty jack stand to use on another jack stand. As another employee removed the pin, the lift dropped and caught the injured employee's fingertip in the adjustment holes in the stand, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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