# Amputations at Intertech Plastics, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181010904` · 10/22/2018 · DENVER, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Intertech Plastics, Inc.
- **Location:** 12850 E. 40th Ave., DENVER, COLORADO, 80239
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was packing parts from a flow wrapper when his finger became stuck in a piece of the equipment. The flow wrapper blade then caused a finger amputation. The equipment was guarded at the time of the incident.

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