# Amputations at East Penn Manufacturing Co Inc
> OSHA SIR `2021076178` · 7/26/2021 · HARRINGTON, DELAWARE
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
- **Secondary source:** Trailers
## Employer
- **Name:** East Penn Manufacturing Co Inc
- **Location:** 325 Walt Messick Road, HARRINGTON, DELAWARE, 19952
- **NAICS:** 335912
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving goods in a trailer with an electric pallet jack. The employee's left hand struck the side of the trailer and the little finger was crushed. The injury required a medical amputation to the finger.

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