# Amputations at PACKAGING CONCEPTS
> OSHA SIR `2017076543` · 7/14/2017 · SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Presses-printing
## Employer
- **Name:** PACKAGING CONCEPTS
- **Location:** 9832 EVERGREEN IND, DRIVE, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63123
- **NAICS:** 322221
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning the gears of a printing press when the employee's right hand became caught in the gears, amputating the thumb, index finger, and middle finger.

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