# Amputations at Vita-Line Products Inc
> OSHA SIR `2017065687` · 6/21/2017 · HAZLETON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Vita-Line Products Inc
- **Location:** 1111 N Park Drive, HAZLETON, PENNSYLVANIA, 18202
- **NAICS:** 311111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a machine that converts plastic film into bags. The employee was attempting to adjust the plastic when his right hand was caught between the machine's heat sealer and cutter, amputating his right index finger from the first joint up to the fingertip.

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