# Amputations at Southern Packaging Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015052638` · 5/5/2015 · PORT ALLEN, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Stacking machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Southern Packaging Inc.
- **Location:** 7271 Highway 190 West, PORT ALLEN, LOUISIANA, 70767
- **NAICS:** 321920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a pallet stacker when he placed his hand on a chain associated with the machine. His finger got caught in the chain; he pulled his hand away, amputating his right index fingertip.

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