# Amputations at Solo Cup Operating Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2019032707` · 3/14/2019 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Solo Cup Operating Corporation
- **Location:** 7575 S. Kostner Ave., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60652
- **NAICS:** 326140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing jammed blanks from a picker head assembly. The machine was jogged, causing the amputation of the employee's right index fingertip.

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