# Amputations at Sealed Air Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2015118915` · 11/24/2015 · HANOVER, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Paper production machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Sealed Air Corporation
- **Location:** 260 North Blettner Avenue, HANOVER, PENNSYLVANIA, 17331
- **NAICS:** 322299
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was threading paper into the padded bag line machine. When the paper passed through the notcher section, the employee attempted to support the paper with his hand. The notcher fired and amputated his right ring fingertip. The notcher was not turned off at the time of the incident.

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