# Amputations at Eldorado Stone, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018043162` · 4/2/2018 · GREENCASTLE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Skids, pallets
- **Secondary source:** Tables, worktables
## Employer
- **Name:** Eldorado Stone, LLC
- **Location:** 181 Antrim Commons, GREENCASTLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 17225
- **NAICS:** 327390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was turning a pallet full of molds when his right hand went between a pallet and the backstop. When the pallet rotated, his right thumb tip was caught and amputated in the pinch point.

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