# Amputations at Novipax Associate
> OSHA SIR `2016075942` · 7/1/2016 · GRENADA, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Novipax Associate
- **Location:** 1621 Air Industrial Park, GRENADA, MISSISSIPPI, 38901
- **NAICS:** 322219
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A packaging machine vacuum stopped working. The employee thought the vacuum line was clogged and reached inside the machine with his right hand to unclog it. The fan blade was still rotating and struck his right middle finger resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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