# Amputations at Salerno Packaging Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181212836` · 12/14/2018 · PLATTSBURGH, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Printing machinery and equipment, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Salerno Packaging Inc.
- **Location:** 14 Gus Lapham Lane, PLATTSBURGH, NEW YORK, 12901
- **NAICS:** 326111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A printing machine operator was manually rolling a heavy roller to start the printing process. His left index finger became caught under the heavy roller. When he pulled his finger out from under the heavy roller, the fingertip and fingernail had been amputated.

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