# Amputations at Primary Packaging, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171211508` · 12/4/2017 · BOLIVAR, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** Presses-printing
- **Secondary source:** Textiles, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Primary Packaging, Inc.
- **Location:** 10810 Industrial Parkway, NW, BOLIVAR, OHIO, 44612
- **NAICS:** 326111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While working on a printing press, an employee noticed a problem and went to investigate. The employee was behind the press with a rag when it became caught in the ingoing nip point, pulling the employee's right hand into the press. The employee suffered a right-hand de-gloving followed by finger amputations.

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