# Amputations at Sealed Air Corporation, Cryovac Division
> OSHA SIR `2020065930` · 6/25/2020 · IOWA PARK, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** Sealed Air Corporation, Cryovac Division
- **Location:** 1301 W. Magnolia Avenue, IOWA PARK, TEXAS, 76367
- **NAICS:** 326111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to troubleshoot a resin conveying butterfly valve for proper operation. To perform the operation check, the employee had to support the weight of the valve to minimize the strain on the valve's wiring harness. His right thumb inadvertently entered the butterfly valve's area of actuation, and the butterfly valve smashed his right thumb diagonally across the nail, resulting in an amputation.

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