# Amputations at Eddy Packing Co.
> OSHA SIR `2019077330` · 7/18/2019 · YOAKUM, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Eddy Packing Co.
- **Location:** 404 Airport Rd., YOAKUM, TEXAS, 77995
- **NAICS:** 325211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was retrieving plastic film from a machine. When the employee pulled the film the machine's blade amputated the left pointer and middle fingertips.

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