# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Tesla Giga Texas
> OSHA SIR `2024042993` · 4/4/2024 · AUSTIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Collision with stationary object, nonroadway
- **Source:** Pallet jack riding
- **Secondary source:** Shelves, shelving, racks
## Employer
- **Name:** Tesla Giga Texas
- **Location:** 1 Tesla Road, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78725
- **NAICS:** 336111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating an electric pallet jack in reverse to load a double-stack empty battery platter rack into a vertical reciprocating conveyor infeed. The rack struck the central divider, causing the racks to slide back toward the pallet jack and strike the employee's left hand, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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