# Amputations at SALERNO Packaging Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016043143` · 4/14/2016 · PLATTSBURGH, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Presses-printing
- **Secondary source:** Suits, coats, jackets
## Employer
- **Name:** SALERNO Packaging Inc.
- **Location:** 14 GUS LAPHAM LANE, PLATTSBURGH, NEW YORK, 12901
- **NAICS:** 326113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A maintenance employee was troubleshooting an ink press when his jacket was caught in the antilock and cylinder gear of the flexographic press. His right arm was pulled into the machine and was amputated from the elbow down. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

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