# Amputations at Plastipak Packaging, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022097975` · 9/8/2022 · CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Guardrails, road dividers
## Employer
- **Name:** Plastipak Packaging, Inc.
- **Location:** 3310 W Springfield Ave, CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS, 61822
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On September 8, 2022, an employee was installing the top rail on a guardrail system. The employee's right index finger was pinched between the guardrail and a post, 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*