# Amputations at Metal Container Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2021119560` · 11/4/2021 · OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Metal Container Corporation
- **Location:** 3713 Hammon Avenue, OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, 73179
- **NAICS:** 332431
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a rag to clean a liner while rotating the liner turret counter-clockwise with his left hand. The employee's right little finger was caught between the stationary dog leg channel and the rotating star wheel. The fingertip was amputated above the first knuckle.

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