# Amputations at Grocery Company Supply, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020088282` · 8/31/2020 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
- **Secondary source:** Shelves, shelving
## Employer
- **Name:** Grocery Company Supply, Inc.
- **Location:** 15515 Woodham Drive, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77073
- **NAICS:** 493120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was turning a motorized pallet jack. The employee's left hand came into contact with steel shelving, which severed the employee's left little finger. The employee was hospitalized.

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