# Amputations at Akorn, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020109465` · 10/5/2020 · SOMERSET, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Bottling, canning, filling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Akorn, Inc.
- **Location:** 72 Veronica Avenue, SOMERSET, NEW JERSEY, 08873
- **NAICS:** 325412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While cleaning a tube filling machine, an employee suffered a partial amputation on a left-hand finger when the machine was jogged.

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