# Amputations at National Grid
> OSHA SIR `2022021060` · 2/3/2022 · WATERTOWN, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling powered vehicle
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
- **Secondary source:** Pickup truck
## Employer
- **Name:** National Grid
- **Location:** 22696 CR-51, WATERTOWN, NEW YORK, 13601
- **NAICS:** 221121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assisting two co-workers in unloading a pallet jack from a pickup truck bed. The pallet jack began to fall and the employee reached to stop it when his hand went into the pallet jack and his fingertip was amputated by the force of the pallet jack falling down onto his finger.

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