# Amputations involving bone loss at J N Pallet Company, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024065340` · 6/17/2024 · CONNEAUTVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Other metal, wood, and special material machinery  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** J N Pallet Company, LLC
- **Location:** 11207 Carr Road, CONNEAUTVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16406
- **NAICS:** 321920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a pallet nailing machine. A co-worker was on the other side of the machine placing a pre-nailed pallet mat onto the partially built pallet. The injured employee's left index finger was pinched between the mat and the stationary side rail of the nailing machine resulting in amputation at the first joint from the fingertip.

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