# Amputations at Graphic Packaging International LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018077380` · 7/21/2018 · MITCHELL, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Grinding, polishing machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Graphic Packaging International LLC
- **Location:** 1700 West Ash Avenue, MITCHELL, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57301
- **NAICS:** 561910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sanding a thin piece of metal on a table disc sander when a metal piece and the tip of the employee's right thumb were pulled into the gap between the disc and the table. The tip of the employee's thumb was amputated.

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