# Amputations at Amcor Rigid Packaging
> OSHA SIR `2023021868` · 2/28/2023 · FORT WORTH, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Banding, baling, strapping machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Amcor Rigid Packaging
- **Location:** 4324 Fleetwood Road, FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76155
- **NAICS:** 326160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a strapping machine. As he went to release tension on the straps, the machine amputated his right middle fingertip.

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