# Amputations at RONPAK, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2016076912` · 7/28/2016 · SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Printing machinery and equipment, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** RONPAK, INC.
- **Location:** 4301 NEW BRUNSWICK AVE., SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY, 07080
- **NAICS:** 323119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a machine with a coworker. The coworker jogged the machine without realizing that the employee's hand was inside. His left pinky was caught by the gears, and his fingertip had to be surgically amputated.

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