# Amputations at PASADENA SKID & PALLET, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2022065534` · 6/24/2022 · PASADENA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** PASADENA SKID & PALLET, INC.
- **Location:** 5202 RED BLUFF RD., PASADENA, TEXAS, 77503
- **NAICS:** 321920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working at a pallet-nailing machine. As he tried to unstick a pallet stringer that would not feed through, the machine was reversed and the board moved backward. The employee's right middle finger was caught between the board and a machine cover, and the fingertip was amputated.

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