# Amputations at C.K.S. PACKAGING, INC
> OSHA SIR `2017109625` · 10/7/2017 · DALLAS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** C.K.S. PACKAGING, INC
- **Location:** 2818 MERRELL RD, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75229
- **NAICS:** 326121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to adjust a machine that peels plastic off of bottles when the machine's striker plate pulled his glove in and then crushed his right pinky fingertip, amputating it.

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