# Amputations at Hood Packaging Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2017076469` · 7/13/2017 · CROSSETT, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Presses-printing
## Employer
- **Name:** Hood Packaging Corporation
- **Location:** 1401 West 3rd Ave., CROSSETT, ARKANSAS, 71635
- **NAICS:** 322224
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to run paper bags through a printing press. He jogged the paper into place. His left hand was on the press cylinder when it rolled, amputating his left thumb below the nail bed and crushing his left index and middle fingers.

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