# Amputations at Welch Packaging PAX
> OSHA SIR `2022109384` · 10/26/2022 · MASON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Cabinets, cases-display, storage
## Employer
- **Name:** Welch Packaging PAX
- **Location:** 4219 US 42, MASON, OHIO, 45040
- **NAICS:** 322219
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving trash in a trash container. A cabinet shifted and caught the employee's right ring finger, causing the amputation of the fingertip.

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