# Amputations at PALLETONE, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2019032550` · 3/9/2019 · HAZLEHURST, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** PALLETONE, INC.
- **Location:** 566 Baxley Hwy, HAZLEHURST, GEORGIA, 31539
- **NAICS:** 321920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was feeding 8-foot lumber into a pop-up chop saw. As he pushed the lumber up to make the second cut, the saw engaged and amputated the tips of his left index and middle fingers.

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