# Amputations at PASADENA SKID & PALLET
> OSHA SIR `2019089001` · 8/29/2019 · PASADENA, TEXAS
## 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, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** PASADENA SKID & PALLET
- **Location:** 5202 RED BLUFF RD., PASADENA, TEXAS, 77503
- **NAICS:** 321920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee contacted a chain on the automatic nailing machine and it pulled his left middle finger into the sprocket amputating the fingertip.

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