# Amputations at PALLETONE OF FLORIDA, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2019032721` · 3/14/2019 · FORSYTH, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** PALLETONE OF FLORIDA, INC.
- **Location:** 3794 OLD MACON ROAD, FORSYTH, GEORGIA, 31029
- **NAICS:** 321920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a pallet machine when his glove was caught in the chain and his hand was pulled into the chain and sprocket. The tips of his left little and ring fingers were amputated.

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