# Amputations at Essex Pallet & Pellet
> OSHA SIR `20191010540` · 10/8/2019 · KEESEVILLE, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Essex Pallet & Pellet
- **Location:** 49 Industrial Park Rd, KEESEVILLE, NEW YORK, 12944
- **NAICS:** 321920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was running a pallet-nailing machine. One of the hydraulic nailers in the machine jammed; as he was trying to clear the jam, another nailer descended and amputated his left little finger.

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