# Amputations at Rastelli Brothers, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017054405` · 5/15/2017 · SWEDESBORO, NEW JERSEY
## 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:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Rastelli Brothers, Inc.
- **Location:** 300 Heron Drive, SWEDESBORO, NEW JERSEY, 08085
- **NAICS:** 424470
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was feeding plastic film through a vacuum packing machine when it jammed. As the employee was trying to clear the jam, the machine's cutting blade amputated the employee's right index fingertip.

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