# Amputations at Bemis Company Inc
> OSHA SIR `2015042066` · 4/17/2015 · WEST HAZLETON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Lathes, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Bemis Company Inc
- **Location:** 20 Jaycee Dr, WEST HAZLETON, PENNSYLVANIA, 18202
- **NAICS:** 326112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On Friday, April 17, 2015, at approximately 3:45 PM, a machinist was operating a lathe and grinding attachment to smooth a rubber roller. The employee was checking the roller thickness when his left thumb was pulled into the grinder. The employee sustained an amputation of the fingertip of his left thumb.

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