# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Sealed Air Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2024088097` · 8/31/2024 · IOWA PARK, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact incidents  unspecified
- **Source:** Material handling and warehousing machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Sealed Air Corporation
- **Location:** 1301 W. Magnolia Ave., IOWA PARK, TEXAS, 76367
- **NAICS:** 322220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 31, 2024, at approximately 12:10 AM, an employee was correcting an alignment issue with a stack of pallets that were loaded in the pallet dispenser. His left index fingertip was pinched between the pallet support plates (flapper) and the flapper stop. The employee sustained a fingertip amputation.

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