# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at R.M. Palmer Company, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2025032131` · 3/5/2025 · WYOMISSING, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Valves, nozzles
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** R.M. Palmer Company, LLC
- **Location:** 800 Van Reed Road, WYOMISSING, PENNSYLVANIA, 19610
- **NAICS:** 311351
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking for a blockage in a pneumatic ball valve when the valve closed on his right finger, resulting in an amputation.

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