# Amputations at Beverage Packaging North and Central America
> OSHA SIR `20191010724` · 10/14/2019 · FINDLAY, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Beverage Packaging North and Central America
- **Location:** 12340 County Road 99, FINDLAY, OHIO, 45840
- **NAICS:** 332431
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On October 14, 2019, an employee was checking a machine's chain for bent pins when his right hand came in contact with the chain and sprocket. This resulted in the amputation of his right ring fingertip.

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