# Amputations at Packaging Corporation of America
> OSHA SIR `2019055467` · 5/31/2019 · LITHONIA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
- **Source:** Doors, except garage and vehicle
## Employer
- **Name:** Packaging Corporation of America
- **Location:** 6479 Chupp Road, LITHONIA, GEORGIA, 30058
- **NAICS:** 322211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pushing through the entrance door when he reached back to keep it from slamming shut. His right ring finger was then caught between the door hinge. When he felt the door closing on his finger, he pulled his hand away. The fingernail to come out and amputate his fingertip.

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