# Amputations at BWAY CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2015063524` · 6/9/2015 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Refrigerators, freezers, ice makers
## Employer
- **Name:** BWAY CORPORATION
- **Location:** 3200 S. KILBOURNE AVE., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60623
- **NAICS:** 332431
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking cooler chillers. When he passed the chiller blower, the chiller blower's fan sucked his left hand in, cutting off the tip of his index finger. The blower was unguarded at the time because the guard had fallen off.

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