# Amputations at General Packing Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2015107680` · 10/14/2015 · DALLAS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** General Packing Corporation
- **Location:** 4522 South Fitzhugh Avenue, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75223
- **NAICS:** 321920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a saw to cut pieces of wood. The employee reached in to get a piece of wood out and stepped on the peddle, activating the saw and amputating the tip of the second finger on the left hand.

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