# Amputations at Pallet Masters, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019099474` · 9/11/2019 · BRIDGEVILLE, DELAWARE
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** Sawing machinery-stationary, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Pallet Masters, Inc.
- **Location:** 20791 Storage Lane, BRIDGEVILLE, DELAWARE, 19933
- **NAICS:** 321920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a nibble saw to cut a pallet when his glove became caught in the nibbler saw, resulting an amputation of his right thumb tip and nail.

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