# Amputations at Express Packaging Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016109359` · 10/4/2016 · NEWCOMERSTOWN, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Sealing, stapling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Express Packaging Inc.
- **Location:** 301 Enterprise Drive, NEWCOMERSTOWN, OHIO, 43832
- **NAICS:** 561910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to correct loose taping on boxes that were on a moving machine when his right middle finger became caught in the machine's moving chain and was amputated.

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