# Amputations at Tetra Pak Materials LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021086633` · 8/6/2021 · DENTON, TEXAS
## 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:** Tetra Pak Materials LLC
- **Location:** 3300 Airport Road, DENTON, TEXAS, 76207
- **NAICS:** 322215
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At about 12:45 a.m. on August 6, 2021, an employee was trying to dislodge paper stuck inside a rotating valve on a bagger. The blade in the valve was activated, rotated, and amputated the employee's right index and middle fingers.

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