# Amputations at Chemson, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020010549` · 1/18/2020 · PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Chemson, Inc.
- **Location:** 7825 Holstein Avenue, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 19153
- **NAICS:** 424610
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee experienced a fingertip amputation while attempting too unjam a bag packer auger.

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