# Amputations at Berry Plastics Corp.
> OSHA SIR `2015052905` · 5/15/2015 · AURORA, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Berry Plastics Corp.
- **Location:** 921 Industrial Drive, AURORA, ILLINOIS, 60506
- **NAICS:** 326111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On or about May 15, 2015, at approximately 8:00 a.m., an employee was trying to troubleshoot a hopper that was not filling properly. She took the cap off of the hopper and pulled back on an air cylinder.  The air cylinder was on a timer; it actuated as she pulled on it and caught her left ring finger in the movement, amputating the fingertip.

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