# Amputations at Tetra Pak Materials LLC
> OSHA SIR `20171111342` · 11/29/2017 · DENTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Sealing, stapling machinery
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Tetra Pak Materials LLC
- **Location:** 3300 Airport Road, DENTON, TEXAS, 76207
- **NAICS:** 322221
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to check a discharge pipe on a rotary seal machine when the employee's glove was caught by the rotary seal blade. The blade then amputated the employee's right middle fingertip.

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