# Amputations at 3 Phase Elevator
> OSHA SIR `2023021878` · 2/28/2023 · PENNSAUKEN, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
- **Secondary source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** 3 Phase Elevator
- **Location:** 7251 Browning Road, PENNSAUKEN, NEW JERSEY, 08109
- **NAICS:** 238290
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading a truck with elevator parts on a jack when the jack began to roll. As the employee went to stop the jack from rolling, his hand was pinned between the jack and truck, resulting in a right ring finger amputation above the first knuckle to the tip.

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