# Amputations at Gulf Packaging Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022109431` · 10/27/2022 · BAY MINETTE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Special process machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Gulf Packaging Inc.
- **Location:** 43489 Nicholsville Road, BAY MINETTE, ALABAMA, 36507
- **NAICS:** 322211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a chain for a semi-automatic gluer. The machine engaged and amputated the employee's left ring and middle fingertips. The machine was not locked out at the time.

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