# Amputations at Interstate Container Lowell, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018010978` · 1/30/2018 · LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Presses-printing
## Employer
- **Name:** Interstate Container Lowell, LLC
- **Location:** 240 INDUSTRIAL AVENUE EAST, LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS, 01852
- **NAICS:** 322211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a miniature flexographic machine when the scrap belt stopped. As the employee attempted to reposition the belt, the employee's hand slipped and contacted the belt drive and sprocket, resulting in a partial right thumb amputation.

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