# Amputations at PACTIV CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2016032264` · 3/15/2016 · FRANKFORT, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** PACTIV CORPORATION
- **Location:** 437 CENTER ROAD, FRANKFORT, ILLINOIS, 60423
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing a core into the core chuck machine when the cylinder actuated while his finger was in the hazard area. His right ring finger was pinched and partially amputated.

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