# Amputations at PJK Acquisitions, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017065951` · 6/29/2017 · QUAKERTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** PJK Acquisitions, LLC
- **Location:** 10 West Paletown Road, QUAKERTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 18951
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was adjusting the guide on a powered meat band saw when the plastic glove he was wearing slipped on the wet metal, causing his left hand to contact the blade. His left thumb was partially amputated.

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