# Amputations at M&T Pallet Company
> OSHA SIR `2018055171` · 5/30/2018 · BEAUMONT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Band saws
## Employer
- **Name:** M&T Pallet Company
- **Location:** 11397 Hwy 90, BEAUMONT, TEXAS, 77713
- **NAICS:** 321920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was disassembling wooden pallets when his left hand went into the rotating circular band saw. The saw blade amputated his left thumb and finger behind the fingernail. The employee was hospitalized.

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