# Amputations at Genpak, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017010669` · 1/22/2017 · HOPE HULL, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Genpak, LLC
- **Location:** 7621 Bill Joseph Pkwy, HOPE HULL, ALABAMA, 36043
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating an extruding repalletizer. The line jammed and when he broke the line loose, his fingers were pulled into the machine resulting in the amputation of the left index and middle fingertips. The machine was energized at the time of the incident.

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