# Amputations at PIONEER CONTAINER CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2015010918` · 1/28/2015 · NORTH KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Paper production machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** PIONEER CONTAINER CORPORATION
- **Location:** 1100 ELLERBROOK ROAD, NORTH KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, 64116
- **NAICS:** 322224
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employee was wiping off the plate while the machine was running. The rag got caught in the machine pulling the employee's hand into the machine and catching it between the print cylinder and the anologix cylinder. The right 4th and 5th fingertips were amputated.

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