# Amputations at Pretium Packaging
> OSHA SIR `20211210952` · 12/21/2021 · AURORA, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Pretium Packaging
- **Location:** 2560 White Oak Circle, AURORA, ILLINOIS, 60502
- **NAICS:** 326160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On December 21, 2021, an employee was clearing material from a material blending machine's lower hopper at the slide gate. The employee suffered an amputation to the right middle fingertip.

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