# Amputations at Packless Industries
> OSHA SIR `2020054334` · 5/8/2020 · WACO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Packless Industries
- **Location:** 8401 Imperial Dr., WACO, TEXAS, 76712
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee initiated a machine to start a production cycle. His hand was in the path of the machine's closing guard, which closed on and caused the amputation of his left index finger's distal phalanx.

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