# Amputations at J & B Installations, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023053894` · 5/1/2023 · SYRACUSE, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Skids, pallets
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** J & B Installations, Inc.
- **Location:** UPSTATE MEDICAL FACILITY, SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, 13210
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to unload material from a delivery truck when his left index finger was caught between two pallets, resulting in amputation at the first knuckle.

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