# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Create-A-Pack Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025021582` · 2/18/2025 · IXONIA, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Bottling, canning, filling machinery
- **Secondary source:** Machine guards
## Employer
- **Name:** Create-A-Pack Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** W1344 Industrial Drive, IXONIA, WISCONSIN, 53036
- **NAICS:** 311999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On February 18, 2025, at approximately 11:30 AM, an employee was operating a filler machine that fills individual sauce containers. He went to make adjustments to the airflow within the machine and his left index finger was caught by a rotating sprocket gear near the airflow adjustment controls, resulting in partial amputation of the fingertip. The machine was not guarded at the time of the incident.

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