# Amputations at Performance Pallet Corp.
> OSHA SIR `2016109957` · 10/22/2016 · SEYMOUR, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Handtools-nonpowered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Performance Pallet Corp.
- **Location:** 112 N Mainline Drive, SEYMOUR, WISCONSIN, 54165
- **NAICS:** 321920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On a three head saw machine, an employee was using a hand tool/bar to lift a chain that had a jammed buckle. The employee pressed the foot pedal to move the chain and free the buckle. When the pedal was pressed, the chain moved and caused the hand tool/bar to jerk, which pinched and amputated the employee's right-hand index finger between the chain guard and tool.

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