# Amputations at Sugar Creek Packing Co.
> OSHA SIR `2017064997` · 6/1/2017 · FRONTENAC, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Sealing, stapling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Sugar Creek Packing Co.
- **Location:** 1600 W. McKay Street, FRONTENAC, KANSAS, 66763
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to feed film through a jammed sealing machine when it closed on and lacerated his left middle fingertip. His fingertip had to be medically amputated. The machine was guarded and not locked out 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*