# Amputations at Cryovac Sealed Air
> OSHA SIR `2017098506` · 9/4/2017 · SAINT JOSEPH, 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 regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Cryovac Sealed Air
- **Location:** 2313 SW Lower Lake Rd, SAINT JOSEPH, MISSOURI, 64506
- **NAICS:** 325211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 9/04/2017, at approximately 6:30 a.m., an employee was attempting to remove a plastic roll core from a machine when the machine's extractor arm moved the roll, causing it to pinch his right index finger. His finger had to be surgically amputated up to the first digit.

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