# Amputations at AJM PACKAGING CORP
> OSHA SIR `2016109747` · 10/17/2016 · JOPLIN, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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:** Paper production machinery, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Textiles, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** AJM PACKAGING CORP
- **Location:** 3400 ENTERPRISE AVE, JOPLIN, MISSOURI, 64801
- **NAICS:** 322220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a rag to clean a bagger machine on the gear side when the rag became tangled in a gear and pulled his hand into the machine, amputating his right middle finger and crushing other bones in his hand.

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