# Amputations at Ivex Protective Packaging Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021010402` · 1/15/2021 · SIDNEY, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Ivex Protective Packaging Inc.
- **Location:** 2600 Campbell Rd., SIDNEY, OHIO, 45365
- **NAICS:** 326113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On January 15, 2021, an employee pulled a machine's exit conveyor away from the machine while attempting to unjam plastic from behind the blade of the machine. The blade amputated the employee's left index finger to the second knuckle. The machine was not locked out at the time of the incident.

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