# Amputations at Packaging Corporation of America
> OSHA SIR `20201211691` · 12/14/2020 · ASHLAND, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Crowbars
## Employer
- **Name:** Packaging Corporation of America
- **Location:** 925 Faultless Drive, ASHLAND, OHIO, 44805
- **NAICS:** 322211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On December 14, 2020, an employee was manually rotating a die board cylinder. The prybar he was using to rotate the cylinder came down and pinched his left hand against the anvil blanket around another, lower cylinder. His left index fingertip was amputated.

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