# Amputations at AJM PACKAGING CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2016053968` · 5/9/2016 · VINELAND, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Formers-paper production
## Employer
- **Name:** AJM PACKAGING CORPORATION
- **Location:** 3401 SOUTH EAST BLVD, VINELAND, NEW JERSEY, 08360
- **NAICS:** 322291
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 5/9/16, an employee was clearing a paper jam from the feed wheel of a Peerless paper machine. When he raised the scrap shoot/shear, it fell down and amputated his right middle fingertip.

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