# Amputations at AUTOMATED PACKAGING SYSTEMS, INC
> OSHA SIR `2017087806` · 8/15/2017 · BEDFORD, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Fans, blowers-wall, floor, ceiling, ventilation
## Employer
- **Name:** AUTOMATED PACKAGING SYSTEMS, INC
- **Location:** 25900 SOLON RD., BEDFORD, OHIO, 44146
- **NAICS:** 333993
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was reaching for a roll of tape on a blower motor when the employee's left pinky finger was caught and amputated between the blower motor guard.

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