# Amputations at Packaging Corporation of America
> OSHA SIR `2017076924` · 7/25/2017 · DENVER, COLORADO
## 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:** Refrigerators, freezers, ice makers
## Employer
- **Name:** Packaging Corporation of America
- **Location:** 13400 East 39th Ave, DENVER, COLORADO, 80239
- **NAICS:** 322221
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to obtain ice from the ice machine in the break room when the machine jammed. He was attempting to break up the ice when the ice chopper blades amputated his left middle fingertip.

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