# Amputations at Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181112169` · 11/28/2018 · LEESPORT, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway incident involving motorized land vehicle, unspecified
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 45 Ashley Way, LEESPORT, PENNSYLVANIA, 19533
- **NAICS:** 337121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a pallet jack when his scanner fell. He bent to pick up the scanner and the pallet jack moved and pinched his pinky finger between the battery and plate. The finger was amputated.

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