# Amputations at US Packaging, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023032452` · 3/17/2023 · ELKHORN, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** US Packaging, LLC
- **Location:** 401 East Morrissey Drive, ELKHORN, WISCONSIN, 53121
- **NAICS:** 561910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was fixing a jam in a machine when they were struck by a blade and sustained a left index fingertip amputation.

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