# Amputations at BWAY Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2016098570` · 9/10/2016 · CHICAGO, 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:** BWAY Corporation
- **Location:** 3200 S. Kilbourn Avenue, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60623
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to unjam a compound machine when the plate came down and amputated the employee's right middle fingertip.

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