# Amputations at American Beverage Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2021032411` · 3/22/2021 · VERONA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Sealing, stapling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** American Beverage Corporation
- **Location:** 1 Daily Way, VERONA, PENNSYLVANIA, 15147
- **NAICS:** 312111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was recovering loose straws between the roller and the drive bar on a packer/case sealer. The employee's left little finger was caught between the roller and the drive bar, leading to an amputation of 1 centimeter of the fingertip.

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