# Amputations at United Packers, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20171110705` · 11/6/2017 · MOBILE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Textiles, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** United Packers, LLC
- **Location:** 5300 Coca-Cola Rd, MOBILE, ALABAMA, 36619
- **NAICS:** 312111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning/wiping the face of a machine guard when his rag was caught in the drive chain, which then pulled his third left-hand digit into the chain/sprocket, pinching the tip. His digit tip was surgically amputated.

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