# Amputations at Plastipak Packaging, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016010285` · 1/12/2016 · MC CALLA, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Plastipak Packaging, Inc.
- **Location:** 7150 Jefferson Metropolitan Parkway, MC CALLA, ALABAMA, 35111
- **NAICS:** 326160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee climbed a ladder to reach the unscramble machine, which was jammed. When she attempted to unjam it, the machine broke her right hand and thumb.

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