# Amputations at Berks Packaging Company Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019077584` · 7/25/2019 · READING, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Berks Packaging Company Inc.
- **Location:** 319 Bingaman Street, READING, PENNSYLVANIA, 19602
- **NAICS:** 322221
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was adjusting a clipper using a hex key when the clipper's ram activated and amputated his left fingertip.

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