# Amputations at Central Packaging Facility Co-op., Inc
> OSHA SIR `2017065164` · 6/7/2017 · AYER, MASSACHUSETTS
## 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:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Central Packaging Facility Co-op., Inc
- **Location:** 25 Copeland Dr, AYER, MASSACHUSETTS, 01432
- **NAICS:** 312111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a clogged paddle wheel on a transfer assembly unit when the paddle wheel rotated and amputated his right index fingertip without  bone loss.

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