# Amputations at Packer Sanitation Services Inc. LTD
> OSHA SIR `2015129784` · 12/29/2015 · MOUNT PLEASANT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Pumps
## Employer
- **Name:** Packer Sanitation Services Inc. LTD
- **Location:** 1030 Pilgrim St., MOUNT PLEASANT, TEXAS, 75455
- **NAICS:** 561720
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was carrying a hose as part of nightly cleaning. The employee was walking backwards and tripped over a power cord.  Her finger went into a pipe that leads to a breading pump.  The pump was running and severed her right index finger just below the nail.

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