# Amputations at Plastipak Packaging, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016065435` · 6/18/2016 · CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Extruding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Plastipak Packaging, Inc.
- **Location:** 3310 W Springfield Ave, CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS, 61822
- **NAICS:** 561910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to clear a jam/bridge in the extruder by pushing trimmings from plastic bottles into the feed throat of the extruder. His left hand contacted the screw of the extruder, amputating his index and middle fingers below the first knuckle.

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