# Amputations at PAL-SERV, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018043307` · 4/6/2018 · NORTH LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
## 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 regular operation
- **Source:** Boring, routing, notching machines
## Employer
- **Name:** PAL-SERV, LLC
- **Location:** 1200 BROTHER PAUL AVENUE, NORTH LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, 72114
- **NAICS:** 321920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a wood notching machine (notcher) when the blades or delta heads of the notcher amputated three of his right middle fingers. The blades were unguarded and the machine was running at the time of the incident.

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