# Amputations at PPT Holdings, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022054622` · 5/27/2022 · KANSAS CITY, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** PPT Holdings, LLC
- **Location:** 750 S. 65TH ST., KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, 66111
- **NAICS:** 322223
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee put a roll of lamination film on a lamination machine to laminate (glue) two pieces of film together. When he pushed the button to disengage a roll from the machine, the empty roll moved over and his right middle finger was caught between the metal rod and the core of the laminate roll. The fingertip was amputated.

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