# Amputations at Menasha Packaging
> OSHA SIR `2023099026` · 9/29/2023 · RUFFS DALE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Banding, baling, strapping machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Menasha Packaging
- **Location:** 567 Waltz Mill Road, RUFFS DALE, PENNSYLVANIA, 15679
- **NAICS:** 322211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a jam on a bander strap when the machine cycled and amputated their left index fingertip.

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