# Amputations at Curtis Packaging Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20171010382` · 10/30/2017 · SANDY HOOK, CONNECTICUT
## 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 maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Curtis Packaging Corporation
- **Location:** 44 Berkshire Rd, SANDY HOOK, CONNECTICUT, 06482
- **NAICS:** 323111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was responding to a machine which was not functioning. The employee pulled the drive belt to move the mechanism and the equipment started, pinching and amputating the employee's right thumb between the belt and pulley.

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