# Amputations at General Packaging Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2015085787` · 8/14/2015 · RICHARDSON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Paper production machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** General Packaging Corporation
- **Location:** 200 E. Arapaho, RICHARDSON, TEXAS, 75081
- **NAICS:** 322211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was putting foam beneath a die cutter machine when the machine came down, crushing and amputating his left index finger.

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