# Amputations involving bone loss at Pregis
> OSHA SIR `2024087326` · 8/9/2024 · ARLINGTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Machine guards
## Employer
- **Name:** Pregis
- **Location:** 1131 West Bardin, ARLINGTON, TEXAS, 76017
- **NAICS:** 333993
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pushing mailers when the arm/knife of a picking counter machine caught their hand. The employee suffered the amputation of their right middle finger above the knuckle. The machine was not sufficiently guarded.

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