# Amputations at Unette Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20171211430` · 12/1/2017 · RANDOLPH, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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:** Unette Corporation
- **Location:** 1578 Sussex Turnpike, RANDOLPH, NEW JERSEY, 07869
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was conducting mechanical maintenance on a flexible packing machine when packaging plastic became intertwined and was not sealing/cutting correctly. His right hand contacted the machine's cutting shears, amputating his right index fingertip. The machine was not properly guarded or locked/tagged out at the time.

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