# Amputations at Mt. Eaton Pallet, LTD
> OSHA SIR `2019021957` · 2/21/2019 · MILLERSBURG, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Mt. Eaton Pallet, LTD
- **Location:** 4761 County Road 207, MILLERSBURG, OHIO, 44654
- **NAICS:** 321920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping a coworker cut pine boards with a cutoff saw. The sawblade caught his gloved left hand, amputating his left index and middle fingers just behind the knuckles.

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