# Amputations at PactivEvergreen, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023076660` · 7/25/2023 · TEMPLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** PactivEvergreen, Inc.
- **Location:** 3002 Pegasus Drive, TEMPLE, TEXAS, 76501
- **NAICS:** 326140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A maintenance employee was clearing a clogged rotary airlock. As they reached for the chute, the employee contacted the rotary airlock, resulting in partial amputations to the left index and middle fingers.

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