# Amputations at Bway Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2017043477` · 4/18/2017 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Bway Corporation
- **Location:** 3200 S. Kilbourn Ave., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60623
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On April 18, 2017, an employee was attempting to remove finished product from a magnetic wheel at the end of the conveyor when the employee's glove was caught in an unguarded moving chain and sprocket resulting in a thumb tip amputation.

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