# Amputations at Penn Pallet, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017054873` · 5/22/2017 · SAINT MARYS, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Band saws
## Employer
- **Name:** Penn Pallet, Inc.
- **Location:** 675 Filmore Road, SAINT MARYS, PENNSYLVANIA, 15857
- **NAICS:** 321999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A temporary employee was operating a horizontal bandsaw. The employee started to adjust the in-feed rail on the saw using a wrench while the saw was running. The wrench slipped in the employee's hand and his right index finger contacted the saw blade. The employee was taken to the hospital and the index finger was amputated in the hospital the day after the incident.

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