# Amputations at Plastic Packaging Technologies
> OSHA SIR `20191010893` · 10/17/2019 · KANSAS CITY, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Bands
## Employer
- **Name:** Plastic Packaging Technologies
- **Location:** 750 South 65th Street, KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, 66111
- **NAICS:** 326112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was driving a forklift and he reached down to pick up a loose piece of banding. As the forklift drove forward, the banding was wrapped under the forklift. His finger was caught between the forklift and banding, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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