# Amputations at Tulsack, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016065450` · 6/20/2016 · TULSA, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Paper production machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Tulsack, Inc.
- **Location:** 10405 E. 55th Place, TULSA, OKLAHOMA, 74146
- **NAICS:** 322220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

When an employee tried to pull a piece of paper off a glue applicator, the employee's left thumb was pinched between the glue applicator and the glue roller. The employee suffered an open wound, possible fracture, and possible amputation to the left thumb. The machine was running at the time of the incident.

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