# Amputations at Packaging Corporation of America
> OSHA SIR `2018010704` · 1/22/2018 · JACKSON, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Paper production machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Packaging Corporation of America
- **Location:** 4585 Industrial Road, JACKSON, ALABAMA, 36545
- **NAICS:** 32212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to remove a stub of core at a core cutter when his hand went between the ejector and roller, and his middle finger became caught. His fingertip was pulled off between the equipment.

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