# Amputations at The Best Treat Pallet, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017010118` · 1/5/2017 · EDINBURG, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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:** Band saws
## Employer
- **Name:** The Best Treat Pallet, Inc.
- **Location:** 912 S 83rd St, EDINBURG, TEXAS, 78542
- **NAICS:** 321920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a bandsaw to cut lumber from wood pallets when a piece of lumber became stuck. As he attempted to remove the piece of wood, the blade amputated his right thumb. The saw was activated at the time of the incident.

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