# Amputations at QUALITY PACKAGING INDUSTRIES
> OSHA SIR `2022065241` · 6/16/2022 · SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** QUALITY PACKAGING INDUSTRIES
- **Location:** 169 E. Grand Avenue, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63147
- **NAICS:** 488991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A safety guard was knocked off a wrapping machine. An employee tried to put the guard back and their glove was caught in a chain and sprocket. The tip of their right thumb was severed and required surgical amputation above the knuckle. The machine was running 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*