# Amputations at US PACKAGING LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015030404` · 3/30/2015 · EAST TROY, WISCONSIN
## 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 maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** US PACKAGING LLC
- **Location:** 2735 E. Main St., EAST TROY, WISCONSIN, 53120
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was injured when she reached into a Bartelt Machine that was being repaired by a maintenance technician. The employee did not notice the maintenance technician and went behind the machine to remove a pouch from it. The machine caught the tip of her glove and pulled her hand back, amputating a portion of her pinky. The  maintenance technician was unaware of her presence.

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