# Amputations involving bone loss at Ardagh Glass Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024087454` · 8/14/2024 · SAPULPA, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Cleaning machinery, appliances  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** Ardagh Glass Inc.
- **Location:** 1000 N. Mission Street, SAPULPA, OKLAHOMA, 74066
- **NAICS:** 327213
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Three employees were cleaning out a dust collector that had jammed. They removed they auger to facilitate cleaning. The injured employee's right hand became entangled in a rotary airlock valve, resulting in an amputation of the first digit of their right index finger that required hospitalization and surgery.

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