# Amputations at Berry Plastics Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2015129112` · 12/2/2015 · SARASOTA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Presses, except printing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Berry Plastics Corporation
- **Location:** 7350 26th Court E., SARASOTA, FLORIDA, 34243
- **NAICS:** 326160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was manually feeding a plastic sheet through a hydraulic/pneumatic press set on manual mode. The press then cycled and caught his left thumb in the point of operation area, amputating his thumb tip.

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