# Amputations at STRASBURG PALLET COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `20181111370` · 11/5/2018 · STRASBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** STRASBURG PALLET COMPANY
- **Location:** 2940 WHITE OAK ROAD, STRASBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 17579
- **NAICS:** 321920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing to cut lumber with a saw. The saw energized while his left hand was on top of the lumber; four of his fingers were amputated.

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