# Amputations at Smurfit Kappa Bates
> OSHA SIR `2018032748` · 3/21/2018 · NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Presses-printing
## Employer
- **Name:** Smurfit Kappa Bates
- **Location:** 6433 Davis Blvd., NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS, 76182
- **NAICS:** 322211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working at a flexographic machine and setting up for the next order. He manually turned the pull roll with his right hand while his left hand was above the shaft, and his left middle fingertip became lodged in the machine, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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