# Amputations at Interstate Container Reading LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023076201` · 7/12/2023 · READING, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Banding, baling, strapping machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Interstate Container Reading LLC
- **Location:** 100 Grace Street, READING, PENNSYLVANIA, 19611
- **NAICS:** 322211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a box bundler machine. As the employee picked up a box, the conveyor began moving forward, catching the employee's left hand and amputating their middle fingertip.

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