# Amputations at Brown Paper Goods Company
> OSHA SIR `2020010899` · 1/28/2020 · COPPELL, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Formers-paper production
## Employer
- **Name:** Brown Paper Goods Company
- **Location:** 1125 Gateview Blvd., COPPELL, TEXAS, 75019
- **NAICS:** 322220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a cartoner and feeding a box of product into the machine when paper fell out and became jammed. The employee cycled the machine to clear the jam and the employee's finger became caught in a chain, 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*