# Amputations at Austin Pallet Company
> OSHA SIR `2023032577` · 3/22/2023 · PFLUGERVILLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Austin Pallet Company
- **Location:** 1605 Century Street, PFLUGERVILLE, TEXAS, 78660
- **NAICS:** 321920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a programmable automatic chop saw to cut lumber to size when the saw jammed. While working to clear the jam, the employee's right hand was caught by the machine guard resulting in amputations to their middle and ring fingers.

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