# Amputations at Ardagh Group
> OSHA SIR `2017087585` · 8/9/2017 · PEVELY, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-chain
## Employer
- **Name:** Ardagh Group
- **Location:** 1500 Ardagh Group Dr., PEVELY, MISSOURI, 63070
- **NAICS:** 327213
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to grease a conveyor when the employee's right thumb tip was caught and amputated between the conveyor chain and sprocket.

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