# Amputations at Anchor Packaging Inc
> OSHA SIR `2017010415` · 1/13/2017 · PARAGOULD, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Grinders, abraders
## Employer
- **Name:** Anchor Packaging Inc
- **Location:** 2211 N 12 Ave, PARAGOULD, ARKANSAS, 72450
- **NAICS:** 326113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assisting another employee to clear a jam in the grinder. The employees were manually rotating the blades to clear the jam and the injured employee's left hand/fingers came in contact with the blade causing the amputation of the middle, ring, and pinky fingertips.

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