# Amputations at Packer Sanitation Services
> OSHA SIR `2015086047` · 8/24/2015 · SAGINAW, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), except finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Heating and cooking machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Packer Sanitation Services
- **Location:** 500 Sanson Blvd., SAGINAW, TEXAS, 76179
- **NAICS:** 561720
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a pressure cooker with a water hose. His left hand got caught in the rotating blade inside the machine and was amputated above the wrist.

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