# Amputations at Mark West Energy Partners
> OSHA SIR `2019021329` · 2/5/2019 · DALLAS, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Pallet jack-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** Mark West Energy Partners
- **Location:** 1700 Majorsville Road, DALLAS, WEST VIRGINIA, 26036
- **NAICS:** 211112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A maintenance technician was using a pallet jack to move blast doors when his right middle finger was caught in the pinch point created by the moving pallet jack handle resulting in a partial amputation of the finger.

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