# Amputations at Pretium Packaging, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018021188` · 2/5/2018 · MANCHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Shelves, shelving
## Employer
- **Name:** Pretium Packaging, LLC
- **Location:** 1 Devco Drive, MANCHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA, 17345
- **NAICS:** 326160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a 2x4 to help guide an injection core block onto some shelving when the board slipped, resulting in the block smashing his fingers. His left ring and pinky fingers were severed at the tips with about half of his fingernails removed.

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