# Amputations at Genpak, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017031938` · 3/1/2017 · CARTHAGE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Genpak, LLC
- **Location:** 505 E. Cotton Street, CARTHAGE, TEXAS, 75633
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a jam from the crystallizer machine when her hand was caught in the rotating throat resulting in amputation of her hand. The machine was not locked out at the time.

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