# Amputations involving bone loss at R.M. Palmer LLC
> OSHA SIR `2025021503` · 2/14/2025 · WYOMISSING, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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:** Bottling, canning, filling machinery
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** R.M. Palmer LLC
- **Location:** 800 Van Reed Road, WYOMISSING, PENNSYLVANIA, 19610
- **NAICS:** 311351
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was adjusting the film positioning on the vertical form, fill, and seal bagger machine. The employee's right index finger distal phalanx was caught and lacerated in the machine's sealing jaw. The employee was hospitalized and sustained a medical amputation of the distal phalanx.

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