# Amputations at REHRIG PACIFIC COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2021086915` · 8/14/2021 · LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Plastic injection molding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** REHRIG PACIFIC COMPANY
- **Location:** 1000 RACO COURT NW, LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA, 30044
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating the trash can injection mold machine and noticed that the hopper was jammed with plastic material. As the employee attempted to unjam the hopper, the blade amputated the fingertips on his left hand.

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