# Amputations at PacTiv LLC
> OSHA SIR `20191111766` · 11/12/2019 · TEMPLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Extruding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** PacTiv LLC
- **Location:** 3000 Pegasus Drive, TEMPLE, TEXAS, 76501
- **NAICS:** 322219
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on the air ring of an extruder drum, trying to pull up a foam sheet that was being fed from a lower platform but had jammed against a slitter blade. The employee's left index finger contacted the stationary slitter blade, and the pad was cut off.

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