# Amputations at Can Corporation of America Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `2017065822` · 6/24/2017 · BLANDON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Skids, pallets
- **Secondary source:** Stacking machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Can Corporation of America Incorporated
- **Location:** 326 June Avenue, BLANDON, PENNSYLVANIA, 19510
- **NAICS:** 332431
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning the palletizer from the back side. The employee's left pinky finger was crushed between the conveyor cross beam and a pallet resulting in a partial amputation/avulsion. The palletizer was not running at the time.

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