# Amputations at Hammer Packaging Corp.
> OSHA SIR `20181010894` · 10/22/2018 · ROCHESTER, NEW YORK
## 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:** Product labeling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Hammer Packaging Corp.
- **Location:** 234 Wallace Way, ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, 14624
- **NAICS:** 323111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning under a label machine conveyor to remove labels that fell off a production line. As she attempted to pull a label that was stuck, her left ring and middle fingers were amputated at the distal phalanx.

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