# Amputations at AJM Packaging Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2016076835` · 7/27/2016 · FOLKSTON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** Paper production machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** AJM Packaging Corporation
- **Location:** 569 Bowery Lane, FOLKSTON, GEORGIA, 31537
- **NAICS:** 322219
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to help repair a bag machine that was down. When he used a jog button to energize the machine, the cutting blade partially amputated his right middle finger at the first joint. The machine was not locked/tagged out 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*