# Amputations at Wooden Pallets, LTD.
> OSHA SIR `2021021062` · 2/5/2021 · SILSBEE, 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 regular operation
- **Source:** Stacking machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Wooden Pallets, LTD.
- **Location:** 3840 Henry Read Rd., SILSBEE, TEXAS, 77656
- **NAICS:** 321920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was stenciling the side of pallets. His thumb was caught between a pallet and a bar as a pallet was being lowered by the automated stacking machine. The employee sustained an amputation to the right thumb above the knuckle.

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