# Amputations at AJM PACKAGING CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2017010096` · 1/4/2017 · JOPLIN, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Banding, baling, strapping machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** AJM PACKAGING CORPORATION
- **Location:** 3400 Enterprise Avenue, JOPLIN, MISSOURI, 64801
- **NAICS:** 322215
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was threading bale wire through a paper scrap baler when the baler was activated. The employee's index fingertip was amputated.

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