# Amputations at RonPak, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2016099203` · 9/30/2016 · SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Presses-printing
- **Secondary source:** Textiles, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** RonPak, Inc
- **Location:** 1 Nathan Sedley Rd, SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA, 71115
- **NAICS:** 322220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning bag machine plates with a rag when the rag and his left hand were pulled into the machine, amputating his fingertip between a plate cylinder and impression roller. The machine was running at the time.

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