# Amputations at Sugar Creek Packing Company
> OSHA SIR `2019088943` · 8/28/2019 · WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Sugar Creek Packing Company
- **Location:** 2101 Kenskill Avenue, WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, OHIO, 43160
- **NAICS:** 311991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning bag pieces out of a packaging machine when another employee cycled the machine. His right thumb came in contact with an internal blade and the tip was amputated (only flesh, no bone, partial nail).

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