# Amputations at AJM PACKAGING CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2019043357` · 4/1/2019 · JOPLIN, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Special process machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** AJM PACKAGING CORPORATION
- **Location:** 3400 ENTERPRISE AVE, JOPLIN, MISSOURI, 64801
- **NAICS:** 322215
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a paper feed jam when the knife cycled and amputated his left middle fingertip. The knife 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*