# Amputations at Printpack
> OSHA SIR `2022087292` · 8/17/2022 · GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-pneumatic
## Employer
- **Name:** Printpack
- **Location:** 2006 S. Great SW Pkwy, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS, 75051
- **NAICS:** 322220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was readying a machine to operate when he noticed the trim suction of the right tube was not as strong as the suction of the left tube. Finding a small gap where the tube was seated in the chopper inlet, he began to re-insert the tube back into the inlet. He then noticed a piece of tape on the edge of the inlet; as he was removing it, the suction from the trim blower pulled in his left hand. The trim chopper blade partially amputated his index and middle fingertips.

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