# Amputations at C & S Wholesale Grocers, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021064985` · 6/18/2021 · CHESTER, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
- **Secondary source:** Guardrails, road dividers
## Employer
- **Name:** C & S Wholesale Grocers, Inc.
- **Location:** 1 Elizabeth Drive, CHESTER, NEW YORK, 10918
- **NAICS:** 424410
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a stand-up pallet jack to separate pallets on a dock. The employee struck a guardrail and suffered an amputation to the right little fingertip.

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