# Amputations at PACKAGING CONCEPTS
> OSHA SIR `2018065441` · 6/4/2018 · SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Presses-printing
- **Secondary source:** Brooms, mops, and other cleaning tools
## Employer
- **Name:** PACKAGING CONCEPTS
- **Location:** 9832 EVERGREEN INDUSTRIAL DRIVE, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63123
- **NAICS:** 322221
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning the rollers on a printing press with a rag when the rag was caught in the rollers. His left hand then went into the rollers, amputating his index and middle fingers.

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