# Amputations at EasyPak, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017021805` · 2/25/2017 · LEOMINSTER, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Machine platforms
- **Secondary source:** Jewelry, ID badge lanyards
## Employer
- **Name:** EasyPak, LLC
- **Location:** 24 Jytek Drive, LEOMINSTER, MASSACHUSETTS, 01453
- **NAICS:** 326121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking flow rates on a material pump. As he descended from the pump platform, his wedding band was caught on an exposed machine screw head. The band pinched and partially amputated his ring finger.

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