# Amputations at J. Walter Miller Company
> OSHA SIR `2021043386` · 4/23/2021 · LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Pallet jack-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** J. Walter Miller Company
- **Location:** 411 East Chestnut Street, LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, 17602
- **NAICS:** 331525
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was investigating the chain of a pallet jack that had hung up. The chain pulled tight and amputated the employee's left index fingertip.

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