# Amputations at PACTIV LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017021495` · 2/15/2017 · COVINGTON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Dies, molds, patterns
## Employer
- **Name:** PACTIV LLC
- **Location:** 8170 ALCOVY ROAD, COVINGTON, GEORGIA, 30014
- **NAICS:** 322223
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee and a coworker were exchanging a mold. The coworker raised the mold with a stand forklift while the employee used a hand to lift a part. The employee's fingertip was then caught and amputated between the upper part of the mold and the forklift structure.

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