# Amputations at York Building Products Company Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021064452` · 6/1/2021 · THOMASVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** York Building Products Company Inc.
- **Location:** 5952 Lincoln Highway East, THOMASVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 17364
- **NAICS:** 327331
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An error came up on a pallet receiver table's machine panel and an employee went to the pallet ejector to troubleshoot. The employee was resetting a limit switch when his thumb got caught by a moving chain. The employee suffered a laceration that resulted in a revision amputation.

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