# Amputations at BWAY Corporation dba Mauser Packaging Solutions
> OSHA SIR `20221110037` · 11/15/2022 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** BWAY Corporation dba Mauser Packaging Solutions
- **Location:** 4400 West 35th Street, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60623
- **NAICS:** 332431
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning spills around a quart seamer when their arm became entangled in the machine, resulting in an amputation to the right distal forearm.

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