# Amputations at James Skinner Baking Co
> OSHA SIR `2017098444` · 9/1/2017 · OMAHA, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** James Skinner Baking Co
- **Location:** 4651 F St, OMAHA, NEBRASKA, 68117
- **NAICS:** 424490
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a shrink wrapping machine when the side seal became wrapped around the seal bar. As the employee was trying to remove the side seal, the machine's blade cut and amputated the employee's left index fingertip. The machine was guarded at the time.

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