# Amputations at GATEWAY PACKAGING COMPANY, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017087294` · 8/1/2017 · KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Paper production machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** GATEWAY PACKAGING COMPANY, LLC
- **Location:** 5910 Winner Road, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, 64125
- **NAICS:** 322211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a jam on a machine using a tool. The tool and his hand went into the belt and pulley system, causing a partial amputation of the left thumb.

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