# Amputations at Pretium Packaging Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019077325` · 7/18/2019 · HAZLETON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Pretium Packaging Inc.
- **Location:** 605 Oakridge Road, HAZLETON, PENNSYLVANIA, 18201
- **NAICS:** 326160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was conducting a changeover on a blow molding machine and was caught in the machine while making an adjustment. The employee's left arm was amputated at the elbow and the right hand was also amputated.

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