# Amputations at American Packaging Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2021054096` · 5/19/2021 · BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** American Packaging Corporation
- **Location:** 404 Thornberry Circle, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, 35242
- **NAICS:** 322221
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a machine when his right hand was caught in a nip/pinch point. Fingers on the hand were injured, and the index fingertip was amputated.

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