# Amputations at Snyder Iron & Metal, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017109871` · 10/13/2017 · BIG SPRING, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Scrap metal
- **Secondary source:** Pallet jack-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Snyder Iron & Metal, LLC
- **Location:** 1001 Wooten Road, BIG SPRING, TEXAS, 79720
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a pallet jack to move a box when a piece of metal fell out of the box and landed on his hand, amputating a finger.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*