# Amputations at PRECISION GEAR LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019032856` · 3/19/2019 · TWINSBURG, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Skids, pallets
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** PRECISION GEAR LLC
- **Location:** 1900 MIDWAY DRIVE, TWINSBURG, OHIO, 44087
- **NAICS:** 332111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was adjusting a stack of pallets so they would interlock and could be moved safely by his forklift. The pallets clicked into place, and his left middle finger was caught between them. The tip was partly amputated.

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