# Amputations at GILSTER MARY LEE
> OSHA SIR `2019099507` · 9/11/2019 · JOPLIN, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** GILSTER MARY LEE
- **Location:** 3727 East 27th St., JOPLIN, MISSOURI, 64804
- **NAICS:** 311230
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a bagging machine on the production line. When she changed the bags,  her finger was caught in the jaw assembly and her left index fingertip was amputated.

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