# Amputations at J N Pallet Company, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022010111` · 1/5/2022 · CONNEAUTVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Wood, lumber, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** J N Pallet Company, LLC
- **Location:** 11207 Carr Road, CONNEAUTVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16406
- **NAICS:** 321920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee attempted to pull a piece of lumber off of the lumber production line. As the employee pressed a button on the machine, his hand was pinched between the lumber and a part of the machine. The employee suffered a partial amputation of his right index finger. The machine was unguarded at the time.

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