# Amputations at Berry Plastics Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2017021691` · 2/21/2017 · MONROEVILLE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Stacking machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Berry Plastics Corporation
- **Location:** 311 Monroe Street, MONROEVILLE, OHIO, 44847
- **NAICS:** 333993
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to unjam a stacker machine when the employee's left hand was caught in the machine, amputating the index and middle fingertips.

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