# Amputations at Pro Pallet, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018065905` · 6/15/2018 · DOVER, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Pro Pallet, LLC
- **Location:** 1730 Butter Road, DOVER, PENNSYLVANIA, 17315
- **NAICS:** 321920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a chop saw to cut a stack of pallet boards when his left-hand fingers made contact with the rotating saw blade, amputating his middle and pointer fingers down to the third knuckle. His thumb was still partially attached at the time of the incident.

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