# Amputations at Duro Bag Manufacturing Co.
> OSHA SIR `2022043736` · 4/30/2022 · ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Paper production machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Duro Bag Manufacturing Co.
- **Location:** 750 Dowd Avenue, ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY, 07201
- **NAICS:** 322224
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a jam in a machine when the tip of their little finger was caught on a wheel, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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