# Amputations at Can Corporation of America, Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `2023010938` · 1/30/2023 · BLANDON, PENNSYLVANIA
## 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:** Bending, rolling, shaping machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Can Corporation of America, Incorporated
- **Location:** 326 June Avenue, BLANDON, PENNSYLVANIA, 19510
- **NAICS:** 332431
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing preventative maintenance on a slitter, and was lubricating the chain and sprocket assembly. As the chain was being cycled forward to reach additional sections, the employee's right index finger was caught and pulled through the sprocket assembly, resulting in a partial amputation.

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