# Amputations at PERFORMANCE FOODSERVICE
> OSHA SIR `2016010233` · 1/11/2016 · SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Jacks
## Employer
- **Name:** PERFORMANCE FOODSERVICE
- **Location:** 4551 W. Junction Street, SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI, 65802
- **NAICS:** 722511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing to change the tire on an electric pallet jack. A hydraulic jack was used to lift the pallet jack while a jack stand was placed into position. The jack slipped, causing it to fall and injure the employee's left pinky finger. His finger had be surgically treated and partially amputated due to tissue damage.

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