# Amputations at Pallet Logistics of America
> OSHA SIR `20191213343` · 12/9/2019 · DALLAS, TEXAS
## 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:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Pallet Logistics of America
- **Location:** 4100 Platinum Way, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75237
- **NAICS:** 321920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repairing a broken chain on a machine on a repair line when the machine was activated while his hand was on the chain, resulting in a left little finger amputation and broken left ring and middle fingers.

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