# Amputations at BWAY CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2015085811` · 8/14/2015 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** BWAY CORPORATION
- **Location:** 3200 S. KILBOURNE AVE., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60623
- **NAICS:** 332431
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was running a compound liner machine when she saw a cover that she thought she had to align. She placed her hand on the machine, which was running, and her right hand/glove was pinched between the stacker plate. She pulled her hand out of the glove and her middle fingertip was amputated.

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