# Amputations at Place Vendome Holding Co., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021032649` · 3/29/2021 · SWAINSBORO, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Place Vendome Holding Co., Inc.
- **Location:** 308 Glenwood Road, SWAINSBORO, GEORGIA, 30401
- **NAICS:** 339999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lifting an electric pallet jack onto a manual pallet jack. When the employee put the electric pallet jack down, his left index finger got caught between the pallet jack and the wheels and amputated at the first knuckle.

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