# Amputations at MEXICO PLASTIC CO.
> OSHA SIR `2018032702` · 3/19/2018 · MEXICO, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** MEXICO PLASTIC CO.
- **Location:** 2000 W. Blvd, MEXICO, MISSOURI, 65265
- **NAICS:** 326111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's right middle finger was inside a threaded hole to lift a crammer machine when the crammer cycled and amputated his fingertip.

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