# Amputations at WAKEFERN FOOD CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2022010422` · 1/15/2022 · BREINIGSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** WAKEFERN FOOD CORPORATION
- **Location:** 8301 INDUSTRIAL BLVD, BREINIGSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 18031
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was guiding a wooden pallet. The employee suffered a first-knuckle amputation caused by a support guard.

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