# Amputations at Owens-Brockway Glass Container
> OSHA SIR `2018087897` · 8/2/2018 · WACO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Owens-Brockway Glass Container
- **Location:** 5200 Beverly Dr., WACO, TEXAS, 76711
- **NAICS:** 327213
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working at the back of a bottle-making machine, adjusting one of its parameters. His hand was caught between the arm and frame of the machine, and his left ring finger was amputated at the first joint.

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