# Amputations at Pallet-Ops, San Antonio
> OSHA SIR `2022076592` · 7/27/2022 · SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
## 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:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Pallet-Ops, San Antonio
- **Location:** 514 Merida, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 78207
- **NAICS:** 321920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a 2-by-4 with a chop saw. The sawblade amputated the employee's left middle and ring fingers.

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