# Amputations at Harcros Chemicals Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021021221` · 2/10/2021 · POWDER SPRINGS, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Pallet jack-nonpowered
- **Secondary source:** Trailers
## Employer
- **Name:** Harcros Chemicals Inc.
- **Location:** 4030 Fambrough Drive, POWDER SPRINGS, GEORGIA, 30127
- **NAICS:** 424690
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a pallet jack from a loading dock onto a trailer when the pallet jack became stuck in a gap between the dock and the trailer. The employee attempted to pull the jack free of the gap when his hand became pinched in the equipment, resulting in a partial amputation of the right index finger.

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