# Amputations at Legacy Pharmaceutical Packaging
> OSHA SIR `2017021630` · 2/19/2017 · EARTH CITY, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Bottling, canning, filling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Legacy Pharmaceutical Packaging
- **Location:** 13333 Lakefront Drive, EARTH CITY, MISSOURI, 63045
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to dislodge a bottle from the bottling scrambler machine when the machine's belt amputated his ring fingertip. The machine was not locked/tagged out at the time.

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