# Amputations at Twin Marquis, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019033157` · 3/26/2019 · BROOKLYN, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Twin Marquis, Inc.
- **Location:** 7 Bushwick Place, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, 11206
- **NAICS:** 311824
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a packaging machine when a package bag became misaligned in the machine. As he tried to fix the position of the bag, his left hand was caught by the sealer/cutter of the machine, resulting in the amputation of three fingertips.

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