# Amputations at Packaging Corporation of America
> OSHA SIR `2016053686` · 5/2/2016 · COMMERCE CITY, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Wood pieces, trim pieces, wood scraps, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Packaging Corporation of America
- **Location:** 5501 Brighton Blvd, COMMERCE CITY, COLORADO, 80022
- **NAICS:** 322211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee received a partial amputation of the left middle finger when it was pinched between two wood blocks used as braces while attempting to use a pallet jack to lift a paper roll out of the corrugator.

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