# Amputations at Phillips Pet Food & Supply
> OSHA SIR `2019088434` · 8/15/2019 · EASTON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Phillips Pet Food & Supply
- **Location:** 3747 Hecktown Road, EASTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 18045
- **NAICS:** 453910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing a battery in an electric pallet jack. His finger was caught between the pallet jack's frame and the battery, causing a fingertip amputation without bone loss.

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