# Amputations at BWAY CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2017054398` · 5/15/2017 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** BWAY CORPORATION
- **Location:** 3200 S. Kilbourn Ave., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60623
- **NAICS:** 332431
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On May 15, 2017, an employee was attempting to change hoses on machinery when his fingers were caught and amputated in an unguarded moving chain and sprocket.

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