# Amputations at Tekni-Plex Flexibles, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `2020098868` · 9/18/2020 · ASHLAND, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Presses-printing
## Employer
- **Name:** Tekni-Plex Flexibles, LLC.
- **Location:** 150 Homer Ave, ASHLAND, MASSACHUSETTS, 01721
- **NAICS:** 322220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On September 18, 2020, an employee was servicing a printing press. While manually working on the drive shaft, the machine re-energized and the employee's right hand was caught between the tensioning device and drive belt resulting in an amputation.

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