# Amputations at U.S. Packaging, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20211210592` · 12/9/2021 · EAST TROY, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Brooms, mops, and other cleaning tools
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Packaging, LLC
- **Location:** 2735 E. Main Street, EAST TROY, WISCONSIN, 53120
- **NAICS:** 561910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A maintenance employee was cleaning the filler of a machine with a rag after residue built up when the rag was pulled into the machine and the employee's right index finger contacted a rotating part, resulting in a fingertip amputation. The machine was in operation 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*