# Amputations at Graphic Packaging International, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023042966` · 4/4/2023 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Sealing, stapling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Graphic Packaging International, LLC
- **Location:** 555 N Tripp Avenue, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60624
- **NAICS:** 322212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a gluer when the machine jammed, causing a belt to come off track. The employee went to clear the jam and realign the belt when the machine jogged, pinching their right ring finger between the belt and roller and amputating the fingertip.

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