# Amputations at Amgraph Packaging, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020032179` · 3/6/2020 · BALTIC, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Extruding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Amgraph Packaging, Inc.
- **Location:** 90 Papermill Road, BALTIC, CONNECTICUT, 06330
- **NAICS:** 323111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating an extruder. His right hand was caught in a running nip point in the machine while removing waste material from the die and the little fingertip was amputated.

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