# Amputations at Defense Commissary Agency Norfolk
> OSHA SIR `2015085329` · 8/1/2015 · NORFOLK, VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
- **Secondary source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Defense Commissary Agency Norfolk
- **Location:** 1588 Mall Drive, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, 23511
- **NAICS:** 445299
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

While an employee operated a motorized pallet jack, his right pinky finger got caught and severed between the handle of the pallet jack and a metal machine.

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