# Amputations at Packers Sanitation Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015129588` · 12/18/2015 · VERNON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Packers Sanitation Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 700 Wheeler St., VERNON, TEXAS, 76384
- **NAICS:** 561720
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning the injector lid. The lid came down on top of the employee's hand amputating the left index finger.

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