# Amputations at Fox Packaging
> OSHA SIR `20231211446` · 12/16/2023 · MCALLEN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Special process machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Fox Packaging
- **Location:** 2200 Fox Drive, MCALLEN, TEXAS, 78504
- **NAICS:** 314910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking the gusset seal on a machine. He moved to the next cross sealer and the machine activated, causing an amputation to a left-hand finger. The employee was hospitalized.

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