# Amputations at Dip Stop, Inc
> OSHA SIR `20191111849` · 11/14/2019 · SELMA, ALABAMA
## 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:** Dip Stop, Inc
- **Location:** 656 Lake Lanier Rd, SELMA, ALABAMA, 36701
- **NAICS:** 311920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a sample pack machine. The employee was helping spread out material in the sample pack bowl when the paddles advanced, trapping her right middle finger. The fingertip was amputated.

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