# Amputations at Pallet Consultant of Central Florida, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022053790` · 5/2/2022 · HAINES CITY, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Band saws
## Employer
- **Name:** Pallet Consultant of Central Florida, LLC
- **Location:** 1555 Melbourne Avenue, HAINES CITY, FLORIDA, 33844
- **NAICS:** 321920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was dismantling pallets with a bandsaw. As the employee reached for a pallet, the saw caught the employee's right hand and amputated the index finger.

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