# Amputations at C.J. Mushroom Co., LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019032940` · 3/20/2019 · TOUGHKENAMON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingernail(s), nailbed(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
- **Secondary source:** Pallet jack-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** C.J. Mushroom Co., LLC
- **Location:** 145 Pine Street, TOUGHKENAMON, PENNSYLVANIA, 19374
- **NAICS:** 111411
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pushing a load on a pallet jack up an incline in a mushroom house. The load slid back toward the load backrest, and the employee's left thumb was caught between the load bin and the backrest. The employee suffered an amputation to the nail and bed of the left thumb.

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