# Amputations at FIRST CHOICE PACKAGING SOLUTIONS, INC
> OSHA SIR `2021010706` · 1/26/2021 · FREMONT, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** FIRST CHOICE PACKAGING SOLUTIONS, INC
- **Location:** 1501 W. State St., FREMONT, OHIO, 43420
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working as a packer on the thermal folding floor. A plastic blister fell down into a stacker. The employee went to get the fallen plastic blister when their left middle finger was pinched between two pieces of the stacker resulting in amputation of the fingertip to the nail.

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