# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Steelcase
> OSHA SIR `2025065282` · 6/4/2025 · HAZLE TOWNSHIP, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway incident involving motorized land vehicle  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Pallet jack riding
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Steelcase
- **Location:** 68 Green Mountain Road, HAZLE TOWNSHIP, PENNSYLVANIA, 18202
- **NAICS:** 452311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was putting away chairs that were tied together with nylon rope using a riding pallet jack.  While driving, the nylon rope became caught on a nearby pallet and tightened, amputating their left index fingertip.

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