# Amputations at Vanguard Packaging Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019054789` · 5/10/2019 · KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Paper production machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Vanguard Packaging Inc.
- **Location:** 8800 Northeast Underground Dr, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, 64161
- **NAICS:** 322211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was feeding cardboard into a flexo folder feeder when a jam occurred. As the employee tried to unjam the machine his left pinky fingertip was amputated.

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